I for one am happy to see you chime in on this one
It proves theres still reasonable LEOs in the business. We're on the same page as well.
Photo laser and red light cams are a revenue generator and remove all officer discretion from the scene.
I wasn't even aware of the red light cameras in Manatee, thanks for the info.
There's a big deal about the photo red light camera company donating the several thousand dollar cameras to the county.
Smell a little corruptions scandal in the works?
This is to show voters and county commissioners how many people actually run the lights each day. The voters will be told of the lives it saves while the cities and couties will be thinking of the $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ involved.
Thats the entire problem. The voters are so easily led that it's not that difficult to see this becoming a reality
[b]... no more police salary to pay. ...
Thats the other thing. The TOP Cops (chief/Sheriff'etc) will tell the citizens how much time will be freed up for the officers to patrol "crime ridden areas" and how it will reduce response times, yada, yada, yada...then next year at the budget hearing, they'll tell the public how they don't have enough manpower and are having to work off duty hours to fill in the gaps and ask for more $$$ from the commission
It's all about the $$$ The counties/cities/the private enterprise (cam company), all have thier hands out.
Not to mention car insurance having a hey-day raising the rates.
Don't even get me started on these maggots!
It will also cause more crashes. More people will slam on the brakes and cause rear end crashes in situations that they could have safely made it, but are now afraid of the ticket they would get.
Bet on it. And seeing as how the camera can't work the crashes, it'll be the patrol officer or CSO that has to respond. More human ticket writing, additional time spent on non-crime preventing activities and longer response times to calls...yeah, that worked out well...
As soon as the numbers are in, FL will be put to a vote on whether or not to let photo tickets (red lights 1st then possibly radar) become legal in this state.
You need to keep your eyes and ears open to the legislature folks. They see $$$ and they do stupid things. Personally, I'd rather have the shot at officer discretion than some automated ticket writer from out of state!!!! IF one gets through, you can almost bet the other will follow
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OF course, this opens up additional private enterprise (attorneys's, mfg's of tag covers, etc
) hum, maybe it's not so bad after all
I for one like the cat and mouse game with the cops sitting at problem intersections and the citizens policing themselves everywhere else.[/quote]
Right there with on that one too