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Friday, June 20, 2008

Ind. Law - More on: "West Lafayette will test red light cameras"; Hammond Update

Updating this ILB entry from June 18th, Michael Malik reports today in the Lafayette Journal Courier. Here is a quote that begins about half-way through the story:

West Lafayette Police Department Capt. Chris Leroux informed the city's traffic commission Wednesday that the city will be testing the cameras next week and studying the data. The commission will likely discuss the issue at their next meeting in about a month.

Hammond has already passed an ordinance allowing the use of red light cameras, which the Indiana Board of Accounts is reviewing.

"This is something new that came up in Hammond, we just want to do our homework on it," said Mike Bozymski, the deputy state examiner. "We want to make sure the ordinance isn't in violation of any type of state statute."

Lafayette is also considering adding red light cameras at some of the city's intersections.

The city set up a test camera at the intersection of Kossuth and Main streets on May 8 and 9 to get a sense of the problem. * * *

Lafayette's city attorney Ed Chosnek said his office is researching how the Lafayette City Council could pass an ordinance authorizing the use of red light cameras.

"The city definitely wants to at least try some red light cameras at a couple of intersections to see if it does in fact improve safety, but we want to make sure we do it right," Chosnek said.

West Lafayette city attorney Eric Burns said he has not done any research into drafting a red light camera ordinance because the city hasn't decided if it wants to move forward with using the cameras.

[Hammond Update] Susan Brown reports today in the NWI Times that:
Though swiftly signed into local law, the city's new red light camera enforcement program isn't ready to launch, according to Hammond police Lt. Pat Vicari, who supervises the traffic division.

"(City Attorney) Kris Kantar sent a letter to the State Board of Accounts to make sure we do this correctly and that it can, in fact, be done," he said. "We're not going to run out and throw up cameras. We're trying to do this right."

Posted by Marcia Oddi on June 20, 2008 11:03 AM
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