Back to Search(Toronto, ON) - As part of the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police’s (OACP) ongoing efforts to enhance road safety and the safety of front-line police personnel engaged in traffic enforcement, police leaders are calling on the Government of Ontario to expand and mandate the use of automated speed enforcement on all municipal and provincial highways across Ontario. OACP members passed a resolution supporting this position at the association’s 2021 Annual General Meeting in June.
“The use of automated speed enforcement is supported by ample evidence-based research provincially, nationally, and internationally. This research consistently indicates that this type of technology reduces the overall speed on roadways and enhances overall road safety,” said Chief Bryan Larkin (Waterloo Regional Police Service), who sponsored the resolution. “Police leaders across Ontario believe that automated speed enforcement provides an effective means of ensuring road safety, compliance with the law, and assists in keeping our officers and members of the public safe on our roadways.”
The expansion and mandating of automated speed enforcement to all municipal and provincial highways would limit interactions, so that police officers and occupants of the stopped vehicle are not unnecessarily exposed to danger on the side of roadways. It could also generate revenue to make the automated speed enforcement cost neutral and potentially generate additional revenues for road safety initiatives as well as other essential social services such as mental health, addiction, housing, education, employment, and youth services.
The full resolution is available here.
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