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I commend Sheriff Weber and his team on the good work they always do. However, speed cameras have no place in our country. They are an attempt to robotically control the citizens with no due process. By allowing these cameras we are submitting to a police state with mass surveillance without a warrant.

I am sure the speed camera companies have lauded the praises of the effectiveness of their product to Sheriff Weber. However, consider the source. We have all seen statistics manipulated to benefit these corporations. Many times these are just not telling the whole truth.

Is speeding really causing fatalities in Lee County, or is drunk driving more if a problem?

If we install these cameras it will take a group of people to go over camera footage everyday and try to determine guilt or innocence based on limited information. I would much rather have those individuals out on the highways looking for drunk drivers and stranded or hurt people rather than playing judge, jury and executioner behind some desk.

The cameras often fail to provide information on the driver. They are mostly suited to provide license plate information. So grandma in the nursing home still has her cars registered and her spoiled grandchildren take the Vette out on a joy ride. Grandma gets a nice ticket for doing nothing more than registering a vehicle. Innocent people will pay for the misdeeds of others, guaranteed.

Modern GPS navigation programs on phones and in cars automatically warn drivers of upcoming speed cameras. How many of us have used navigation on our phone and received a "spped camera ahead" warning? How often have you driven through Cedar Rapids and everyone starts braking just before the cameras and then drop the hammer again after they pass it? All the time!

One of the most frustrating things i have seen is an officer on 218 during a hirrible snowstorm sitting in the median and using radar. No one was even close to going the speed limit. That individual wpuld have been serving the citizens better by patrolling and helping out stranded motorists.

Please Sheriff Weber, use those individuals you have planned to sit behind a desk and put them out on the road to protect and serve us. Camera only serve corporations and protect no one except Big Brother.