Overview

• The Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police issued a statement endorsing automated speed enforcement as effective at reducing speeding and conserving police resources, especially in school and community safety zones.
• Premier Doug Ford continues to label the cameras a tax grab and has signaled plans to compel municipalities to take them down.
• The Association of Municipalities of Ontario urged the province to reverse course, warning that removing cameras would increase speeds and put pedestrians at greater risk.
• New backing from police leaders comes after a July SickKids–Toronto Metropolitan University study found roughly a 45% reduction in speeding where cameras operate in Toronto.
• The stakes rose after 17 Toronto cameras were cut down over two nights and after Vaughan voted this week to cancel its program, a move Ford praised.