NEW ORLEANS — In a recent letter to New Orleans Mayor Latoya Cantrell, Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill emphasized that automated traffic enforcement cameras are illegal in school zones if a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement was not in place, which it is not. Murill also demanded that tickets from the cameras be refunded.
According to the AG’s office, the letter is in response to recent reports of these cameras being left on illegally in New Orleans school zones.
The mayor’s office stated on July 31, 2025, that the speed cameras would be deactivated on August 1. However, according to a 2024 report by WDSU, the city should have shut the cameras off nearly a year prior because of a state law banning them in 2024…