JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A school bus camera program that wrongfully issued countless $225 violation notices to Miami-Dade motorists is coming to Duval County.
The cameras are supposed to capture footage of motorists who drive past stationary school buses with their “stop arm” extended, a violation of state law in most instances. Instead, the cameras fined many drivers who were following the law.
Miami-Dade’s sheriff suspended the program indefinitely last April after a joint Florida Trib and Miami Herald investigation discovered that police personnel who were supposed to review all violation notices and weed out those improperly issued were overwhelmed by the sheer volume – more than 400 a day…