The Tempe Police Department maintains the necessity of recently installed traffic cameras, while many returning students noticed the addition of the equipment and questioned its effectiveness.
The City of Tempe, alongside Verra Mobility — a “provider of smart mobility technology solutions,” according to its website — installed cameras at 14 intersections across the city.
“(We) want to try to reduce the severity of our injury collisions,” Thomas Haubold, Tempe police traffic program supervisor, said. “We do that by getting people to stop at red lights, and we get people to slow down so they’re not taking so much speed into those collisions.”…