Your tax dollars are funding a school zone speed camera program in Hillsborough County. A private for-profit company called RedSpeed is pocketing $21 out of every $100 ticket. Not the school. Not the county. RedSpeed.

Here's how the money actually breaks down. When they catch you speeding in a school zone. Or…they “say” you were speeding. You get a ticket for $100. The county keeps $60 and pays $21 of that straight to RedSpeed. The remaining $40 goes to the state. So before a single dollar reaches a classroom, a private company already took its cut.

And it gets worse….

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Because the numbers on this thing are staggering….

RedSpeed launched in Hillsborough County in fall of 2024. Weekly revenue from fines went from $10,000 a week to $285,000 a week in a single school year. Over 105,000 violations issued. Over $6 million in paid fines from Hillsborough County alone. Statewide, RedSpeed has generated over 827,000 citations and nearly $66 million in paid fines across about three dozen Florida cities and counties. $66 million. From cameras. In school zones. Going to a private company.

Now here's where it gets dirty. Hillsborough County appointed a magistrate named Dr. Tom Santarlas to hear driver appeals. He started noticing something fast. Drivers were getting ticketed when school wasn't even in session. Beacons weren't flashing. Signs were impossible to read at driving speed. He brought the problem up to the Sheriff's Office. He brought it up to the county attorney. Nobody did anything. So in December he started throwing the cases out himself. He said if you can't prove the violation, you don't get the conviction. Two months later, he was reassigned. He believes it was retaliation for not rubber stamping RedSpeed's revenue.

What do you think?

Grant Warrington
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