Traffic Violation Photography : Traffic Violations

Over the last few years there has been much controversy leading up to the need for law enforcement officers to wear body cameras. This is not only for citizens but also for the officers’ protection. With so much debate regarding police brutality and excessive force body cameras are quickly on the rise. New technology is giving police on a state and federal level a new opportunity to cut back on some of the allegations and negativity we have seen in the last few years. On the other hand it is giving citizens all over the country the safety they should feel when being approached by law enforcement. Our technology has improved significantly over the years and this seems to be something that will benefit everyone.

vehicle collisions yearly, according to Kristof’s projections (Kristof 161). This is exponentially greater than the 30,000 who are killed in car accidents today, after these regulations were

There is so much crime which occurs in our society today, which it is very difficult to put an end to it. But there is a thing which is common among these crimes which are the criminals. According to the article, "Police body Cams: Solution or scam? Nwanevu the author has stated many questions to which he gathers the responses from three panels who is Mariame Kaba a member of the Chicago antipolice violence organization, David Fleck a vice president and he is also a major manufacturer of the police body cameras, and Connor Boyack who is a president of Utah 's Liberates Institute. This article mentions the popular magazine such as Time magazine, this magazine reports that over a quarter of the country 's police departments are already testing or actively using cameras, including the NYPD and the LAPD (Nwanevu, 2015). Also the author Nwanevu states that The Obama administration has called for the federal funding to support the deployment of as many as 50,000 devices to state and local law enforcement agencies. The administration 's reasoning captures the perspective of most camera supporters. According to the status the usage by police officers will help sustain trust between law enforcement agencies and the communities they interact with (Nwanevu, 2015). Reformers have suggested that the video could have gone a long way towards resolving the ambiguities of the Michael Brown case where eyewitnesses had given conflicting stories and also the death of Eric Garner according to

The main arguement that the cameras bring up is that the citizens feel as though these cameras

The individuals with wide diversity have different requirements. They are facing many difficulties due to this management system. 2 Among them, the Red Light camera is one most controversial issue of the local and state governments. The controversy of the red light camera between local and state government was started from early 2000’s and is still continuing. Similarly, the committee of Texas voted 8 out of 22 approving a bill to ban the authorization of Red Light’s contract. Likewise, the major controversial topic in Austin and Dallas is about the Red light camera. In addition, the main purpose of keeping Red Light camera was to prevent the possible road accident. But the Red Light camera didn’t provide the strong witness in identifying the drivers. Therefore, the State government didn’t find it

There is no doubt that red-light cameras have gained increasing popularity among local municipalities following Florida’s 2010 decision allowing local governments to install them. The city of Lakeland elected to install nine additional cameras in just the past three years alone (Dunkelberger). Revenue and citations are not the only things that red-light cameras are generating; more and more citizens and legislators are sparking the news and interest of the media regarding the constitutionality of red-light cameras. Last year Hernando County Judge, Donald E. Scaglione, issued a statement calling the laws surrounding red-light camera violations "vague (and) arbitrary and capricious." While red light camera supporters argue that the cameras make intersections much safer, others insist that constitutional rights are being blatantly violated by state and local government. Most Americans agree that intersections and roadways need to be made safer, but at what cost?

This could be solved through some big manufactures or through many small ones, which can help these companies out and also add to the peace throughout the communities. Another claim is that these cameras are unmanageable, they take too much storage up, which also leads into the most controversial element, privacy. Turning these cameras on and have them always running is subject to invade the privacy of our citizens in some way at the least. A solution to this is not having the cameras always run, but when an officer gets a call or when a circumstance comes up. Also, is vital and timing is everything, and it needs to be heavily implemented in teaching officers about these body

Cameras are already attached to the dash of the police officers vehicles but they only capture what is in front of them. The cameras don’t film the whole picture

Before the creation of these cameras, complaints about police officers were numerous. By using these cameras, studies have shown that they enhance officers’ behaviors and have also helped reduce citizen complaints. “They found that the ‘officers wearing the cameras had 87.5 percent fewer incidents of use of force and 59 percent fewer complaints than the officers not wearing the cameras,’ the report states”

Cameras on school buses to enforce stop arm violations sound like an amazing solution to the ongoing problem of too many drivers behind vehicles running the red flashing lights and the stop sign when children are loading and unloading the bus. However, will this purposed objective iron out the issue at hand. To see if the cameras on the school bus are reaching the goal they were sit to accomplish. There must be an evaluation done on a comparison of the numbers of violations caught before and after the cameras were installed, has there been a decreased in the number of motorist running a stopped school bus, and if the cost of the cameras is being met over the citations that are being issued.

With the increasing emergence of traffic cameras around the nation, there has emerged a debate about whether the cameras are effectively functioning to keep drivers safe or whether they are just another source of revenue for cites. Facts have proven that the purpose for the traffic cameras is simply generating more money for the cities. The estimated amount of money that the city of Denver will be making in 2011 from these cameras (Kaminsky)—excluding the ones recently put up—a grand estimation total of seven million dollars… “According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety more than 550 communities in the United States use red light cameras.” (Urie) Research shows how the cameras are not improving safety for drivers, and for

Claim 2: Would these spy cams be on 24/7 or only turned on when it’s necessary? The problem is that continuous recording raises many thorny privacy issues, for the public as well as for officers. If there is continuous recording, there would be unnecessary surveillance of peoples everyday activity. It wouldn’t be such a problem for officers in smaller cities since they rarely leave their cars except to engage in enforcement and investigation, but for officers in bigger cities, it could mean a lot of watching of video surveillance when there are bigger problems to watch out for.

”(Police) The cameras are showing some type of benefit to the community and task force themselves. In the future the government hopes that safety and integrity in officers and communities

Constitution). These cameras are able to scan every license plate passing by. They can see if the car owner has any outstanding warrants or fees on their record. The police will be alerted to the exact intersection the car is passing through. “ANPR is able to capture license plate numbers using high quality digital imagery and optical character recognition software. The plate number can then be processed real-time with a police database”(Photo Enforcement info). This seems like a good idea in order to catch criminals, but there is really no probable cause for suspicion if they did not run a light or speed, after all, that is the purpose of the cameras.

Slow down and stop or speed up to get through it, it all depends on the distance and the speed travelling. The yellow light means to slow down, however, most people do not; they take a chance and go through it. Now after the invention and installation of red-light cameras all over the world, drivers have an even bigger decision to make. Go through the yellow light and take the chance of getting a ticket if the light turns red or try to stop regardless of the speed the car is moving. Though the reasonable answer would be to stop, it’s not that simple. A lot of drivers hesitate while driving, especially when it comes to yellow lights. So, if a driver hesitates, and decides he doesn’t want to take the chance of getting a ticket then the only other option would be to slam on the brakes and take the chance of causing an accident. This reason is one out of many to prove red light cameras to be unnecessary on the streets. An “increase of 5% in the number of injury crashes. The number of rear-end crashes turned out to have increased significantly.” (De). Not only can these cameras mess up financial situations, but now it’s causing accidents. It is crazy to think that making something “good” for the world turns out to be for the worst. Statistics show that these cameras need to be taken down and thrown in the trash. This invention was supposed to prevent accidents and it is actually causing them.