Lakeland officials have approved spending more than $380,000 to add speed-detection cameras in school zones, more red-light cameras and surveillance to the city’s streets.
City commissioners approved amending their contract with American Traffic Solutions, which does business under the name Verra Mobility, to add 14 speed-detection cameras to select school zones within city limits.
“These are force multipliers for us,” said Hans Lehman, assistant chief of Lakeland Police Department.
School speed-zone cams are coming
The city’s purchase of speed detection cameras is an amendment to an existing contract with Verra Mobility, rather than bidding out the cameras to other companies…