A Hillsborough County magistrate who spent months ruling on school speed zone camera cases is now blowing the whistle on Florida’s controversial new camera program. He says it is set up for drivers to fail and that county and law enforcement officials have ignored repeated warnings about its problems.
Dr. Tom Santarlas, appointed by the county as the sole impartial officer to hear driver appeals, ruled on hundreds of cases since July before being reassigned in what he believes was retaliation for dismissing nearly every violation that came before him in December.
Watch report from Katie LaGrone below:
Florida school speed zone cameras ripping drivers off says county magistrate who ruled on hundreds of cases
“It’s a broken system. There’s no doubt about it,” Santarlas recently told investigative reporter Katie LaGrone…