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A.G. GancarskiAugust 10, 2017

What a difference five years makes. In 2012, Jacksonville contracted with Redflex, a global company that specializes in red light cameras and successfully lobbying governments from here to China to adopt them. In 2017, the experiment is set to end. On Thursday, Sheriff Mike Williams announced that in December, the cameras would be removed from Jacksonville streets. […]

Melissa RossJuly 20, 2015

News that the FDLE will investigate red light camera firm Redflex is getting a major green light from activists lobbying against the company. “I’m ecstatic,” said Paul Henry, a retired Florida state trooper who has been lobbying against red light cameras in the state via the Liberty First Network. Henry made his remarks during an appearance […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 17, 2015

Republican State Sen. Jeff Brandes recently sent a letter to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement asking for an investigation into RedFlex Traffic Systems. Apparently, there’s an issue with fraud? “The admission of bribery by (former RedFlex CEO) Karen Finley illustrates the extent to which these providers will go in order to profit off the backs […]

Mitch PerryJuly 17, 2015

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement has begun to look into the request by Senate Transportation Chairman Jeff Brandes for a state investigation into red-light camera contracts held by an Arizona company whose chief executive has pleaded guilty to bribery charges related to camera contracts in Chicago. Brandes, a St. Petersburg Republican, is well known for […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 24, 2015

Lies, damned lies, and statistics. You will find all three in the Thursday editorial by the Florida Times-Union offering full-throated support of red light cameras. It uses fragmentary data to draw sweeping conclusions about the efficacy of those revenue generating devices, contradicting its own earlier reporting, which links Jacksonville’s red-light camera vendor, RedFlex, to a web […]

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