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Avondale council votes 5-2 to end speed safety camera program after staff review of data
Summary
After reviewing deployment, citation and speed‑trend data, the Avondale Police Department recommended terminating the city's Vera Mobility speed camera contract. Council voted to remove the cameras and cancel the contract on a staggered timeline to clear court queues.
Avondale City Council voted 5–2 on Nov. 3 to end the city's speed safety camera program after staff presented data suggesting the cameras did not produce sustained reductions in speeding at monitored locations.
Lieutenant Justin Iwin of the Avondale Police Department told the council the department's deployment assessment showed temporary reductions in speeding at some sites but that speeds later returned toward predeployment levels. "Our recommendation is termination of the contract with Vera Mobility," Iwin said, adding that staff proposed removing the cameras Dec. 31, 2025, and canceling the program June 30, 2026, to allow the court and department queues to be cleared. Iwin said the estimated cancellation cost was $107,000.
The program used two automated cameras at…
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