Cops not cameras

On the front page of the March 26 Monticello News, I read about a criminal that was speeding through the school zone. Fortunately there was a deputy there to apprehend him. The trend in Florida and elsewhere unfortunately is to monetize this enforcement by using automated for profit cameras in school zones. As a retired trooper, I oppose these taxation by citation devices just as I opposed the similar red light cameras about 10 years ago. I am a huge proponent of officers enforcing the law. Why? Just look at what happened here. Our traffic deputy (a good idea proposed by Sheriff McNeill) along with help from other deputies took a reckless criminal off the road. No camera can do that. It was