Thought I would update you guys on this, I had my court date yesterday and thankfully the officer did not show so I saved myself some cash, ticket total was $10 for parking at court as opposed to $260ish and 4 points on my license.
The cop who didn't show probably had 35 people (of 50 or so) there with tickets from him so there were a lot of happy people.
Just thought I would share the good news.