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Although red-light cameras are nailing speeders and light runners, they’re also helping police catch criminals, reports USA Today.
“Police in Red Bank, Tennessee caught four suspects in a violent home invasion by reviewing images from a red-light camera near the victims’ home. Four suspects tied up two victims and then ransacked the house, police say; one robber allegedly smashed his boot into a victims face,” (USA Today).
The police pulled video from the traffic camera and were able to see the suspects’ vehicle go through the intersection prior to the home invasion and then when they left.
This isn’t the only time these cameras have served as crime fighters. “After a 21-year-old college student in Tempe, Arizona was dragged to her death when a drive-by purse snatcher caught the student’s hands in the purse strings, police traced the car though red-light camera footage,” (USA Today).
Another incident occurred in Washington when “a drunken driver who blamed the crash on the actions of the driver he had hit and killed was shown by a red-light camera to be lying,” (USA Today).
The second case in Arizona actually provided justice for a woman who was being wrongly accused of striking a woman and her daughter. “Police used camera images to clear a woman who had been accused of striking a woman and her 4-year-old daughter in Scottsdale,” (USA Today).
541 communities across the USA have red-light cameras, and more than 95 have speeding cameras. Traffic cameras incite strong feelings on both sides. “As cameras have multiplied, so have crime-fighting opportunities,” (USA Today).
What do you think about traffic cameras? Crime-fighting aid or money-making scheme? Tell us on Traffic Ticket Nassau County’s Facebook Wall linked HERE.
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