The Tampa, Florida city council tomorrow will consider adopting a contract granting American Traffic Solutions (ATS) the right to issue $158 tickets at intersections. At a meeting last month, half of the council's members supported installation while the other half opposed -- forcing the idea to be reconsidered at the upcoming meeting where a member absent from the last meeting is expected to cast the deciding vote. Opponents suggested the cameras had little to do with safety.
"I'm still trying to get my arms around the idea that this is a money-making (venture to) help bring in revenues for the police officers," Councilman Curtis Stokes said. "Again it's on the backs of 40 percent of those addresses you gave are minority neighborhoods, and I can't support cameras when it's an extra tax."
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