paddyboombotz t1_iz0jqgb wrote on December 5, 2022 at 4:09 PM

Apparently a bunch of years back they shot down red light cameras as they were trying to revitalize downtown and didn’t want to discourage people from outside new haven from coming to the city on account of tickets.

DrJetta t1_iz0o26q wrote on December 5, 2022 at 4:38 PM

Good thing they did. OP seems to think police exist to generate state income. Fines are a tool to discourage illegal behavior, not a source of income for a municipality.

See below for an interesting read: https://ww2.motorists.org/press/revenue-drives-red-light-cameras-not-safety/

OpelSmith t1_iz117kf wrote on December 5, 2022 at 6:03 PM

They shot it down because suburban legislators said no so they can keep speeding through our city streets

cmndo OP t1_iz0krf2 wrote on December 5, 2022 at 4:16 PM

Well that's at least a reason. Thank you for your comment.

paddyboombotz t1_iz0rmlq wrote on December 5, 2022 at 5:02 PM

I’m not sure how true it is, I’m just a bartender who hears a lot of hearsay from city and state employees when they’re out drinking.

beaveristired t1_iz1woq8 wrote on December 5, 2022 at 9:25 PM

The CT ACLU was also strongly opposed. There was also concern about the shadiness of the private companies selling and installing the cameras, particularly what agencies they’d release the footage to, like ICE. New Haven got city IDs in the late 2010s, so immigrants could have basic ID so they could get a bank account and not be a target for mugging. ICE retaliated by targeting New Haven for immigration roundups. So the question of public surveillance was (and still is) a big concern.

Eta: ACLU was concerned about due diligence, fairness, and privacy. I’m not sure if their stance had changed.

https://www.acluct.org/en/press-releases/traffic-light-cameras-still-a-bad-idea