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Council declines school-zone speed camera program after debate over safety, revenue and oversight
Summary
After a multi-hour hearing, the Miami Lakes council voted down a proposal to host school-zone automated speed cameras. Supporters emphasized speed reduction and license-plate-reader benefits for law enforcement; opponents raised constitutional, vendor-fee transparency and calibration concerns. A motion to defer for more information also failed.
The Miami Lakes Town Council voted down a proposal on Nov. 18 to adopt a vendor-run school-zone automated speed camera program.
Staff and police briefed the council on a model used elsewhere in the county: cameras would operate 30 minutes before and 30 minutes after school hours, issue civil citations for speeding in school zones, and allocate fines per state statute (example breakdown presented: $20 to the state general fund; $60 split between county and town; $12 to the school district; $3 to FDLE training funds; $5 to a crossing-guard fund). Police said the cameras…
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