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Severance council opens discussion on speed cameras, staff to study mobile options
Summary
Council debated photo-enforcement and mobile speed-camera options after residents reported school-zone speeding; staff presented vendor models and cost ranges and will return with more detailed options.
Severance council members spent more than an hour Aug. 12 discussing automated speed-enforcement options including permanent camera systems, mobile vans and officer-operated handheld devices. The discussion was prompted by resident concerns about speeding near schools and other high-traffic corridors.
Mayor Friess said the town’s recent staffing gains for the police department reduced some earlier concern about enforcement capacity but that alternatives should still be considered. “This is not designed to collect tickets,” the mayor said when describing the camera technology; the mayor told council that camera-cited violations — if under the threshold for DMV reporting — do not create driver-record points and therefore may change…
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