When your city has a problem with crime, the available resources must be prioritized. Patrol or park and write tickets. My agreement is that I would rather them be trying to prevent crimes (like home invasions, burglary, armed robbery, etc.).
And we all know that there are politics to everything. Red light enforcement doesn’t get a mayor re-elected (even when it is as insane as it is here). But having cops visible in neighborhoods DOES (even if they are not really accomplishing anything).
I still do not see a valid argument against the red light camera enforcement in all of the responses. Only attacks on my posts.
Maybe because it’s because you like red-light cameras.
There are many philosophical reasons to not like them, they’ve been hashed out on FR for years. My objection is simple: If there is a danger great enough to increase vigilance of key intersections (lot of collisions with injuries, for example), then it’s worth having a patrolman there to write the tickets live and in person. They stick better in court that way because there is a live witness to the crime.
But demonstrating to the FReeps you like red-light cameras will get you flamed. I shouldn’t have to explain why that is.