A brazen NYPD cop racked up more than 500 speeding tickets in his home borough over the last four years \u2014 making him one of the most reckless drivers in the entire city, according to a report.<\/p>\n
Officer James Giovansanti, 33, was caught on traffic cameras either speeding through school zones or disregarding red lights a whopping 187 times in the last year alone \u2014 and that\u2019s only on Staten Island, Streetsblog<\/a> reported Thursday.<\/p>\n NYPD Officer James Giovansanti, 33, has amassed more than 500 speeding tickets since 2022. Gregory P. Mango<\/p>\n Going back to 2022, the lead-footed cop has tallied a jaw-dropping 547 tickets across the forgotten borough, the outlet revealed. <\/p>\n Giovansanti typically puts the pedal to the metal while plowing his Ram pickup truck through the densely populated neighborhoods on Staten Island\u2019s North Shore, ticket data<\/a> shows.<\/p>\n Two cameras near Port Richmond High School, located alongside the Bayonne Bridge, clocked the off-duty officer tearing through red lights 105 times since 2022, according to the data.<\/p>\n Most city streets impose a 25 to 30 mph speed limit. It\u2019s not immediately clear how fast Giovansanti was driving when he was caught on the speeding cameras.<\/p>\n Giovansanti was fined anywhere from $50 to $176.12 for his various driving and parking offenses, save for two outlying violations in Brooklyn and Queens. <\/p>\n Most of Giovanni\u2019s violations originated from speeding on Staten Island\u2019s North Shore. Streetsblog<\/p>\n In all, he\u2019s accumulated $36,650.02 in fines, and it\u2019s not clear if he\u2019s paid the amount in full.<\/p>\n Comparatively, Streetsblog reported that the city\u2019s reigning reckless driving champion, an unidentified Brooklynite, has amassed a startling $63,744.23 in fines.<\/p>\n