Bellevue traffic cameras issue twice as many infractions as officers
Apr 12, 2017, 2:45 PM
(KIRO 7)
(KIRO 7)
You’re twice as likely to get a traffic infraction from a traffic camera than from a traffic officer in Bellevue, according to data by the Bellevue Police Department Wednesday.
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The city has nine photo enforcement cameras placed a major intersections and near schools and they issue an average of nearly 90 tickets a day.
According to data released today in the Bellevue Police Department’s Annual Report for 2016, photo enforcement issued 31,304 infractions, traffic officers issued 15,415 infractions.
The number of photo enforced infractions is down 10 percent from the previous year, Bellevue police say that shows the cameras are changing driving behavior.
Police say they city is down three traffic officers as the department faces hiring challenges.
There was an anomaly noticed at 148th Ave NE and Bel-Red Road where photo enforced infractions are up 119 percent Northbound and 74 percent Southbound. The Police Department isn’t sure what is causing the increase but It could have to do with growth and drivers crossing the city to get from I-90 to 520 and back.
