City Councilman Zack Reed says the vote was unanimous, "so this November, the voters of Cleveland will have the opportunity to vote on whether or not they want to keep the red-light cameras or abolish them.”
The citizen-led ballot measure would ban the red-light cameras unless a police officer is sitting along-side to personally issue a ticket if the camera catches an infraction.
Reed and others say this defeats the purpose of giving police more time to work on more serious crimes. Some Ohio lawmakers are trying to ban the cameras statewide. And the Ohio Supreme Court is considering a challenge to Toledo’s camera appeals process. |