Speed cameras will be redeployed to catch different lawbreakers in Brampton

They aren’t allowed to catch speeders anymore, but the City of Brampton intends to keep using cameras to nab lawbreakers.

The city will use the 185 cameras installed at various locations to help police track fleeing vehicles and to issue tickets for other infractions.

Speaking at a budget briefing today (Jan. 9), Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown said even though the provincial government has banned the use of the cameras to issue tickets to speeders, the money spent to purchase the cameras has not gone to waste. Brown said the revenue generated during the time they were in operation has more than been made up for in the fines that were issued.

“There was no lost revenue for speed cameras,” said Brown in response to questions about future uses for the cameras.

The mayor went on to say the city has been working with Queen’s Park and Peel Regional Police to put the cameras to use in different ways. In fact, Brown said the provincial government has given the city $6 million for the repurposing of the cameras.

He confirmed plans for the cameras to be used to track vehicles that police are looking for, and, as well, to film and issue tickets to those who run red lights at intersections.

Further, Brown said another intended use for the cameras is to record vehicles that are breaking noise bylaws, such as those that have installed noisy mufflers.

Last November, calling the system “a money grab,” Ontario Premier Doug Ford stepped in and stopped municipalities across the province from issuing speeding tickets through the use of the cameras.