An "A" in upper corner of speeding ticket?

[Cannon74]

What does a handwritten "A" in the upper corner of a speeding ticket indicate?

My friend is freaking out that it means something and when she goes to court it will indicate something. I told her to just pay it and forget about it, but she thinks going to court might get her out of the points.

Thanks for any help.

[george4]

In what city or town did your friend get the ticket??

[grumpyirishman]

It probably should have been a P for paranoid...:p

[sdb29]

I suspect it may be shorthand for "Adam Henry", which is the officers' way of signalling that your friend was not a nice person that night. The "A" goes through onto all six copies, and when the police prosecutor sees that he's less likely to agree to a lesser offense if the Clerk/Magistrate suggests it.

Other departments us the "A" as a signal to the Police Prosecutor to "Appeal" the Clerk Magistrate's decision if the violator is found "Not Responsible" at a hearing.

Or it could be an internal system that the department uses to index citations, or a way the department uses to keep track of how many cites the cop has given that day "A, B, C," etc.