We Know Who You Are and We Know What You Did
The local news reported last night that an electronic law enforcement equipment company made presentations about its latest "gotcha" camera for monitoring your behavior. This gizmo is a traffic control radar device that can monitor 3 lanes of traffic simultaneously, take pictures, and then issue appropriate citations and fines to speeders and do the collection to boot. All of this is done at "no expense" to the governing authority. One can assume that the company is paid by either keeping all of the fine or a percentage thereof. The selling point is that this "frees" law enforcement officials to do serious police work. In our area, local news is reporting that Youngstown, Warren, and of course, Girard, are considering this system. The Ohio State Legislature has a different view of things, and has recently passed legislation that would make it illegal to operate a "red light running camera" without the presence of a law enforcement officer on the ...