April 23, 2026
Fast & the Furiouser
To Protect and Swerve: NYPD Cop Has 547 Speeding Tickets
547 tickets, zero discipline — comments are absolutely losing it
TLDR: A Staten Island NYPD officer’s pickup was ticketed 547 times by traffic cams, often in school zones, with no department discipline. Comments erupted over double standards, one faction claiming “no harm, no foul,” others pushing income-based fines and speed limiters, as NYPD’s shrug sparked peak outrage.
The internet took one look at an NYPD officer’s alleged 547 camera tickets since 2022 — many in school zones on Staten Island — and went full Fast & Infuriated. The facts: a pickup tied to Officer James Giovansanti racked up 187 tickets in 2025 alone, some near P.S. 22 and Port Richmond High. Activists say the pending “Stop Super Speeders Act” would’ve forced a speed limiter on his truck back in 2022. The NYPD? A spokesperson said the tickets are “not related to his job,” and discipline isn’t happening — and that’s the gasoline on this bonfire.
Commenters split into three camps. The outraged crowd is screaming double standard, blasting the “protect and swerve” optics and calling him “public enemy” levels of reckless. Staten Islanders rolled in with gallows humor — one ex-resident deadpanned “ya don’t say,” like this plot twist had a Staten Island accent. Then came the hot take brigade: one user argued if he hasn’t hit anyone, maybe the laws are too strict, prompting immediate counter‑rage about school zones and 4,800‑lb trucks.
Policy wonks grabbed the mic with Nordic‑style ideas: fines scaled to income and escalating penalties for repeat offenses. Others cried media hype, calling the piece “hyperbolic slander.” Meanwhile, meme lords are rebranding this saga: “To Protect and Swerve,” “Need for Speed: Precinct Drift,” and “NYPD: No, You Pay, Driver.”
Key Points
- •NYPD officer James Giovansanti has over 547 automated traffic-camera violations on Staten Island since 2022, including 187 in 2025.
- •Ticket data place him as the city’s second-highest recipient of camera-issued speeding/red-light tickets, largely along the North Shore and Richmond Terrace.
- •An NYPD spokesperson indicated no discipline because the tickets are not related to his official duties.
- •Advocates urge passage of the Stop Super Speeders Act to mandate speed limiters for repeat offenders; they say his vehicle would have been limited by Aug. 7, 2022.
- •State law triggers camera tickets at 11+ mph over the limit; on Richmond Terrace (30 mph), citations indicate at least 41 mph near schools and dense areas.