Red-light cameras questioned

[Baill Inneraora]

Red-light cameras questioned

Did they answer?

 

[hedonis]

That was my thoughts exactly. And it's even worse that these companies are making money off of it. When an officer issues you a ticket that money gets paid to the city, and usually goes back to the police dept., but the point is that it goes back to community service, not into some companies bank account.

If i was to drive around in my car and pull people over for traffic violations and demand that they pay me or else I would hold them prisoner in my house, even if I gave some of the money to the police, i'd be arrested by a real police officer and sentenced to 20 years in the state prison for such crimes. I don't see the difference between that and what is happening here.

Actually, the way a ticket usually breaks down, there is a fine, surcharge, and court costs. The fine is what the city gets, but they only get a portion of it if they write the offense as a state charge.

The surcharge and court costs both go to the courts.

Ahhh Hedonis,

Stop believing the crap Hollywood puts out. That was the way of our land before the State decided to intervene... and make things infinitely worse.

Today's 'Law Enforcement' is more concerned with "power" and "revenue" than with actual crime prevention.

- R.

Pardon me while I say "horse shit"

I spent over a decade in law enforcement, and got out in early 2007. While I certainly don't know about every jurisdiction everywhere, I met and worked with guys from over 50 different agencies, and the only people obsessed with revenue were usually city, county, or state politicians. Upper brass counts in this The police departments themselves were- on a field agent/officer level, very much concerned with crime prevention and enforcement.

If I believed what Hollywood put out, I'd believe that every crime ended in a shootout or kung fu, and that officers never did paperwork (but talk about it a lot), or that crime scene lab technicians actually solve crimes and make arrests


H

ps- coincidentally, the city I worked for borders Clive, Iowa, where some of these cameras are in use.