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Red Light Camera News New Camera Goes Live 12/13/10 in Apopka
Red Light Camera News New Camera Goes Live 12/13/10 in Apopka
Henry Bentley
Dec 11
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Camera is at 125 E Main St Apopka Fl
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written by Jeff , December 15, 2010
Haven't gotten a ticket in Apopka yet, but I live there and these cameras are popping up all over. Called the PD and they actually tried to tell me that the police no longer have control over this but the state DOT is responsible. BULL CRAP. Guy even told me 5 Apopka PD officers in their patrol cars were made to pay tickets by the chief because they had run/creeped through the lights and were photo'd and the chief said since they weren't en route to a scene they were responsible. I don't believe it for one second.
Why aren't there lawyers all over this crap? Central Florida is the land of friggin John Morgan and a bunch of crack pot attorneys who could get rich by suing the city. Furthermore I want the city sued for using our $$ without our permission to pay the massive bill for these cameras to American Traffic Solutions of Arizona, who by the way is suing the city of Houston, TX because they installed cameras and then some genius politician had a brilliant idea: maybe we should ask the citizens if they want them. Yeah, you know what happened there...the same thing that would happen if the city of Apopka let us vote: GONE. Yeah, well apparently the city of Houston had already signed a contract--an irrevocable contract--with ATS and ATS is suing Houston saying they have no right to take down the cameras.
Not only is it grotesquely wrong to have ever put these cameras up in the first place, but it's even worse that we're using private companies to install the gear--companies who get a cut off of the continuing revenue. How on earth is it legal for a company to get ticket revenue after the equipment is installed? That would incentivize crime for a private company -- a company who would also see the $$ in installing these cameras on every street corner and could then offer ridiculous discounts etc. to entice the city to put these up everywhere. Am I going to have one of these in my cul de sac next?
If this decision ultimately rested with the Chief of Police he should absolutely be removed for this.
written by Jeff , December 15, 2010
Haven't gotten a ticket in Apopka yet, but I live there and these cameras are popping up all over. Called the PD and they actually tried to tell me that the police no longer have control over this but the state DOT is responsible. BULL CRAP. Guy even told me 5 Apopka PD officers in their patrol cars were made to pay tickets by the chief because they had run/creeped through the lights and were photo'd and the chief said since they weren't en route to a scene they were responsible. I don't believe it for one second.
Why aren't there lawyers all over this crap? Central Florida is the land of friggin John Morgan and a bunch of crack pot attorneys who could get rich by suing the city. Furthermore I want the city sued for using our $$ without our permission to pay the massive bill for these cameras to American Traffic Solutions of Arizona, who by the way is suing the city of Houston, TX because they installed cameras and then some genius politician had a brilliant idea: maybe we should ask the citizens if they want them. Yeah, you know what happened there...the same thing that would happen if the city of Apopka let us vote: GONE. Yeah, well apparently the city of Houston had already signed a contract--an irrevocable contract--with ATS and ATS is suing Houston saying they have no right to take down the cameras.
Not only is it grotesquely wrong to have ever put these cameras up in the first place, but it's even worse that we're using private companies to install the gear--companies who get a cut off of the continuing revenue. How on earth is it legal for a company to get ticket revenue after the equipment is installed? That would incentivize crime for a private company -- a company who would also see the $$ in installing these cameras on every street corner and could then offer ridiculous discounts etc. to entice the city to put these up everywhere. Am I going to have one of these in my cul de sac next?
If this decision ultimately rested with the Chief of Police he should absolutely be removed for this.
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written by Jeff , December 15, 2010
Haven't gotten a ticket in Apopka yet, but I live there and these cameras are popping up all over. Called the PD and they actually tried to tell me that the police no longer have control over this but the state DOT is responsible. BULL CRAP. Guy even told me 5 Apopka PD officers in their patrol cars were made to pay tickets by the chief because they had run/creeped through the lights and were photo'd and the chief said since they weren't en route to a scene they were responsible. I don't believe it for one second.
Why aren't there lawyers all over this crap? Central Florida is the land of friggin John Morgan and a bunch of crack pot attorneys who could get rich by suing the city. Furthermore I want the city sued for using our $$ without our permission to pay the massive bill for these cameras to American Traffic Solutions of Arizona, who by the way is suing the city of Houston, TX because they installed cameras and then some genius politician had a brilliant idea: maybe we should ask the citizens if they want them. Yeah, you know what happened there...the same thing that would happen if the city of Apopka let us vote: GONE. Yeah, well apparently the city of Houston had already signed a contract--an irrevocable contract--with ATS and ATS is suing Houston saying they have no right to take down the cameras.
Not only is it grotesquely wrong to have ever put these cameras up in the first place, but it's even worse that we're using private companies to install the gear--companies who get a cut off of the continuing revenue. How on earth is it legal for a company to get ticket revenue after the equipment is installed? That would incentivize crime for a private company -- a company who would also see the $$ in installing these cameras on every street corner and could then offer ridiculous discounts etc. to entice the city to put these up everywhere. Am I going to have one of these in my cul de sac next?
If this decision ultimately rested with the Chief of Police he should absolutely be removed for this.
written by Jeff , December 15, 2010
Haven't gotten a ticket in Apopka yet, but I live there and these cameras are popping up all over. Called the PD and they actually tried to tell me that the police no longer have control over this but the state DOT is responsible. BULL CRAP. Guy even told me 5 Apopka PD officers in their patrol cars were made to pay tickets by the chief because they had run/creeped through the lights and were photo'd and the chief said since they weren't en route to a scene they were responsible. I don't believe it for one second.
Why aren't there lawyers all over this crap? Central Florida is the land of friggin John Morgan and a bunch of crack pot attorneys who could get rich by suing the city. Furthermore I want the city sued for using our $$ without our permission to pay the massive bill for these cameras to American Traffic Solutions of Arizona, who by the way is suing the city of Houston, TX because they installed cameras and then some genius politician had a brilliant idea: maybe we should ask the citizens if they want them. Yeah, you know what happened there...the same thing that would happen if the city of Apopka let us vote: GONE. Yeah, well apparently the city of Houston had already signed a contract--an irrevocable contract--with ATS and ATS is suing Houston saying they have no right to take down the cameras.
Not only is it grotesquely wrong to have ever put these cameras up in the first place, but it's even worse that we're using private companies to install the gear--companies who get a cut off of the continuing revenue. How on earth is it legal for a company to get ticket revenue after the equipment is installed? That would incentivize crime for a private company -- a company who would also see the $$ in installing these cameras on every street corner and could then offer ridiculous discounts etc. to entice the city to put these up everywhere. Am I going to have one of these in my cul de sac next?
If this decision ultimately rested with the Chief of Police he should absolutely be removed for this.
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