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REDCAMS (Weiner) - "Currently our chief estimates it take two officers to run a red light enforcement detail," said Oveido's city manager at a city council meeting last month. But that fact alone isn't enough to make three proposed red light cameras, which would be the city's first, a no-brainer. At the meeting, the council approved - for some memebers, reluctantly - the city police to look into the cameras, taking the first step into a debate that in other communities has proven especially heated.

The city is basing its light system on nearby Winter Springs, where the cameras have been implimented successfully. Based on the Winter Springs model, according to Oveido's police chief, the cameras would not cost the city anything, but could coust motorists who run the lights quite a bit. The average violation caught on camera in Winter Springs runs $125, of which a whopping $40 goes to the company that provides the cameras.

Though the measure passed unanimously, at least two coucil members have expressed outright dislike of the idea. "I'm not a fan," said Councilman Stephen Schenck. Members of the council expressed concerns that the system could in fact cause accidents rather than prevent them. Studies conducted in other commmunities have shown as much as a 15 percent increase in rear end collisions at lights where the cameras are installed. However, Police Chief Jeffrey Chudnow dismissed those concerns as easily remedied.

"That can be mitigates with proper signage an some speed enforcement on those roads coming up to those lights," he said. There is still a log way to go before the lights could be installed, including negotiations with potential suppliers of the cameras, and an ordinance, which Chudnow said would be necessary to make the violations captured on camera non-moving violations.

Story would include interviews with all mentioned above. I realize that the content above reads more like a meeting brief than a story, but I obviously have only been working on this for a few hours. I'm just looking to get the pitch approved so that I'm sure of my game plan, as our first deadline draws near.