Anti-photo-radar Group Protests at Photo-Radar HQ

Outrage over the encroachment of the Big Brother state showed up at an entirely new venue this week.

Carrying signs that read “Will Flash for Cash” and “Cops Not Cameras,” several dozen people rallied this afternoon to protest photo enforcement methods.

Leaders of Arizona Citizens Against Photo Radar, an organization that is gathering signatures for a ballot initiative to ban use of such traffic monitoring devices, held a press conference and then march outside the office of Reflex Traffic Systems in far north Phoenix. The company has a contract with the state to operate photo enforcement operations.

“Photo radar has to end,” Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu told the crowd. “I’ve never seen a camera stop a car or tow a car . . . This is an additional tax on our citizens.”

Although Gov. Jan Brewer has said she might let the contract with Redflex expire in July to let voters to decide the issue, Babeu isn’t convinced she’ll follow through. Babeu said people thought he was taking too much of a risk when he urged county leaders to end its contract in 2009 with Redflex. “It wasn’t the best way to enforce public safety.”

Like the Tea Party people, I can’t wait for the vilification of these citizens to begin.

via AZCentral.