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Panama City approves Red Speed contract for school-zone speed cameras; 4-1 vote follows debate on accuracy and vendor share
Summary
Panama City approved a three-year contract with Red Speed Florida LLC to deploy speed cameras in 11 school zones, with a 4-1 commission vote after questions about accuracy, independent calibration and vendor revenues.
The Panama City Commission voted 4-1 on Sept. 23 to approve a three-year contract with Red Speed Florida LLC to install a turnkey school-zone speed photo-enforcement (SPE) system at 11 city-identified school zones.
What the contract covers
Under the agreement described by staff and the vendor, Red Speed will install and maintain at least one speed-warning sign with a flashing yellow beacon at each monitored approach. Speed enforcement would be active 30 minutes before school, during school hours and 30 minutes after school; the automatic license plate recognition (ALPR) component would operate 24 hours per day but would not issue speed citations outside the authorized school-zone enforcement windows.
All alleged violations will be reviewed and verified by a qualified…
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