Prop 319 in 60 seconds
If approved by voters, Prop 319 would ban local governments that do not have photo enforcement contracts in place by the end of the year from putting the technology up. Cities like Phoenix that already have photo enforcement contracts can keep it in the short-term but must get approval from voters in November 2027 -- and every ten years after.
State Sen. Rogers is also hoping to see Prop 319 become law. "Arizonans want freedom, this speaks to the freedom to being able to transit a stop light without having one's picture taken," she tells KTAR News 92.3 FM. The Republican lawmaker framed the use of photo enforcement as presenting similar privacy concerns as automatic license plate reading technology, such as "Flock" cameras.
For Executive Director of the Arizona Public Health Association Will Humble, Prop 319 is not a good measure because it casts a wide net over two different technologies. While he doesn't defend the use of speed cameras in Arizona, he argues red-light cameras are a life-saving tool when used at the right intersections. Humble says, "Some [studies] show that it reduces those violent T-bone crashes that kill and maim people by 50%. Other studies, like a 20% decrease in those T-bone crashes.
