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  1. 1

    Sharon Blackwood Wilbourn

    This is a money scam. Less tickets because people are refusing to drive through or shop in Center Point. Maybe they need to worry more about the crime and gunshots we are hearing every night. But no let’s ticket the older people for going over the line at the stop sign on Polly Reed road where most of the tickets came from. Funny how they put the camera right in front of the senior center

  2. 2

    Gwen M. Youngblood

    Yes! Since they are making so much money, let’s invest in more officers to fight the criminals and do something about the constant shooting. I am so sick of being scared inside and outside my home.

  3. 3

    Allen Pugh

    Keeps people from shopping and using Centerpoint businesses , hurts them in the long run

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    Michael Gallagher

    You have a constitutional right (6th amendment), to face your accuser. Until that traffic cam shows up in court, I do not see any way it can be considered constitutional.

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    Sharon Blackwood Wilbourn

    Mrs. Crumbley said last night that she has lived in Center Point for 57 years and has never in her whole life of driving ever received a ticket from anywhere. Mr Barlow (council president) was rude to her. It’s ridiculous that they put money before safety of us. The cameras are and will always be about MONEY.

  7. 8

    Christopher Oliver

    Just for fun….19k tickets at $100 equals $1.9 MILLION in 4 months. That’s $5,700,000.00 in a year.

  8. 10

    Sharon Blackwood Wilbourn

    I’ve also started a new group for people to help with ideals to stop all this nonsense from the “leaders” of Center Point.

    https://www.facebook.com/groups/227367101048641/

  9. 11

    The Trussville Tribune

    The traffic cameras only provide video. The process in which the tickets are distributed is laid out in the story.

  10. 12

    Darlene Blakney Murry

    I recieved a ticket back when they first had them out 100 bucks

  11. 13

    Terry Melvin

    Boycotting centerpoint not a good place!

  12. 14

    Scott Wheeler

    Won’t shop in Centerpoint cause they don’t want to get shot,robbed,carjacking assaulted,beat up…,I lived there 15 years. Them thugs can have it…

  13. 15

    Scott Wheeler

    Should obey traffic laws and you will be ok…I’ve lived there , never got a ticket in 15 yrs…what does that tell ya????

  14. 17

    Michael Gallagher

    I agree with obeying the laws, but shouldn’t they obey the laws too? That is, after all, how civilized society works.

  15. 18

    Earl Gunter

    I avoid center point because of this. Too easy for them to give a BS ticket.

  16. 19

    Mike Haynes

    Another reason I would not go to center point for any reason

  17. 20

    Michael Gallagher

    A ticket is issued by an “officer”, but do you get to face your accuser in court? Nope, he is in Arizona.

  18. 21

    Mike Haynes

    Midfield has cameras and they just randomly take a picture even when you are at a full stop five feet behind the line

  19. 22

    Rickey Alexander

    The things are busting people for rolling an inch over the line, time to clean house Center Point

  20. 23

    Kathy Sills

    It is a trap and a money pit….

  21. 24

    Michael Gallagher

    If the city viewed this as anything other than a revenue stream, they would never have been installed. They try to justify them as a public safety issue. As far as a public safety issue, I have to agree, but it is the cameras creating the safety issue. Do a little Google search on it. https://www.motorists.org/issues/red-light-cameras/increase-accidents/

  22. 25

    Michael Gallagher

    So the three people that review the video in Arizona are going to fly out and accuse me in court? The cameras are actually increasing accidents. Do your research.

  23. 26

    Adam Wiggins

    Question. How do they have the time to process that many court cases??? Even plead no contest that is a rather excessive amount.

  24. 27

    Terrie Dollar

    I dont shop centerpoint due to crime. Nor clay nor roebuck ever.

  25. 28

    Brian Hallmark

    Best to stay away from that dump town.

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    Carla Tramell Sweet

    A lot of the tickets aren’t for people “blowing” a stop sign. A lot of these tickets are because people may have not stopped for a complete 5 seconds, or rolled a little bit over the white line–things a camera cannot discern. This is unconstitutional and I would fight it all the way.

  27. 31

    Janice Richardson

    I just don’t go to center point anymore than I have to. They got me one time and that’s all it took.

  28. 32

    Sharon Blackwood Wilbourn

    They just want people to go and pay it. What court?? On top of all that if you want to dispute the ticket you have to pay $25 per ticket. Another scam

  29. 33

    Charles Moore

    I shop in Trussville and Pinson I can get to interstate through Trussville and Gardendale I only have one vendor I deal with in Center Point ( my HVAC people who I highly recommend) so no reason to go to Center Point. Folks in charge wonder why nobody wants to locate here

  30. 34

    Tommy Everett

    A great reason not to do business in Center Point.

  31. 36

    Kevin Small

    The complaints may be down because people are just ignoring them this time around. And many who complained have never come back to the City. What a dumpster fire.

  32. 37

    Kevin Small

    They ticket the owner of the vehicle not the driver. Just curious if a city employee speeds in a city vehicle who pays the ticket? The city or the driver?

  33. 38

    Karen Hurd

    So glad I moved from Center Point, more concerned with weeds that grow faster than grass and if one weed is 10″ even if grass is 4″, you get a citation and the traffic crap! The crime and gunshots need to be addressed more than weeds and traffic!

  34. 39

    Debbie Mitchell Davis

    So what the hell are they doing with the money. Our neighborhood roads are horrible. They come through and put some asphalt in the hole and that’s it .What do we have to show for all that money. NOTHING.

  35. 40

    Joe Domnanovich

    Revenue cameras back in Center Point

  36. 41

    James S Vining

    This isn’t nothing but a revenue generator

  37. 42

    Joey Blalock

    They were removed from a city in South Georgia. Can’t prove who’s driving. State Supreme Court stated you can’t ticket vehicles but have to ticket driver! Scam

  38. 43

    Hope Herrod

    I would think this gives the police more time to actually patrol and deal with all of the ‘crime and gunshots’ rather than sitting on the side of the road doing traffic duty. Potentially leading to a safer community if this is done the right way. I have a hard time finding a flaw here. Obey traffics laws and if you think that you are ticketed unfairly, appeal and fight for yourself.

    Also this program just started back up so when money is actually flowing in from the tickets then we can complain if we’re not seeing the money being used the way we see fit.

  39. 44

    John Vining

    Guess they better slow down!

  40. 45

    Kevin Small

    Except this a for profit private business issuing tickets with no due process. Who is holding redflex accountable for their scanners being properly tuned since more tickets means more money. Remember 60% or more of the ticket goes to an out of state business who has no legal authority to issue tickets. Scam. Scam. Scam.

  41. 46

    Hope Herrod

    If it provides more time for the police to actually patrol, then I’m fine with outsourcing the traffic citation part of police work. You still have the ability to fight the ticket if you choose. Center point has a lot of issues that need to be addressed, as long as this opens the door to that, good for them. Other cities with traffic cams have also shown a drop in accidents, another plus for me.

    I agree with you about holding them accountable though. I’m sure you’ve raised concerns about this at meetings. We should all be concerned and asking questions like that. But I’m not going to write off something that could potentially help the city in the long run because it might inconvenience me to wait a few more seconds at a stop sign.

  42. 47

    Hope Herrod

    If it provides more time for the police to actually patrol, then I’m fine with outsourcing the traffic citation part of police work. You still have the ability to fight the ticket if you choose. Center point has a lot of issues that need to be addressed, as long as this opens the door to that, good for them. Other cities with traffic cams have also shown a drop in accidents, another plus for me.

    I agree with you about holding them accountable though. I’m sure you’ve raised concerns about this at meetings. We should all be concerned and asking questions like that. But I’m not going to write off something that could potentially help the city in the long run because it might inconvenience me to wait a few more seconds at a stop sign.

  43. 48

    Wayne Hicks

    As much as I like Popeyes chicken– Don’t travel there anymore.

  44. 49

    Mercedes Tiara

    Teosha DeShaun Smith see man I know I’ve never ran that stop sign. They getting everybody.

  45. 50

    Nancy Reyer McDuffie

    I just received my ticket for going Over the line but I did stop, didn’t know stopping past the line warranted a ticket!

  46. 51

    David Nichols

    Another reason to NOT go into Center Point…if you can’t pay a cop to enforce laws ,then your just cheap

  47. 52

    James S Vining

    Hope Herrod but centerpoint has no police… except four contract deputies…
    like Kevin Small, there is no due process, and no one held accountable for bad equipment.
    Plus the fact that the ticket goes to the owner of the car, not the person breaking the law.

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    Amy Stewart

    I just received 2 tickets for just that. We are going to court. It’s crap. The photos show I’m stopped as does the video

  50. 55

    David Logan

    How about some civil disobedience? Some patriot needs to destroy these.

  51. 56

    Joshua Painter

    Centerpoint has become nothing but thugs themselves with these! Stop signs also being put in places they weren’t present beforehand for decades. Centerpoint has WAY bigger problems than people rolling through stop signs.

  52. 57

    Calvin Burns

    I see why I stop following this TT .. it’s just an outlet for racist white ppl to voice their opinion which is fine cause I’m respect that hell its their right but it’s just sad the to read some of these comments and the names they call the citizens of center point… smh ..

  53. 58

    James S Vining

    Yep, you have all the answers … I bet you’d be in favor of a precrime tax, just in case someone broke the law.

  54. 59

    Kevin Small

    Hope Herrod you do not have the same due process as you do with an officer initiated ticket. The courts do not hear this tickets. You do not get to face your accuser. Ref flex is not going to show up at your hearing. There is no judge. And it is my understanding that there is a fee to protest a ticket. Also a real officer will not write the ticket to the owner of the vehicle he will write it to the speeder.
    This failed leadership is why Centerpoint is continuing to die.

  55. 60

    Kevin Small

    Hope Herrod a little peak behind the curtain. Both Pinson and Clay were approached by red flex as well and both cities saw it for the revenue scam it is. Also, you will notice the sheriff refused to let the center point deputies be part of this scam because he knew it violated title 5 of the motor vehicle code and denied due process since the tickets are processed by a private for profit company and not a court system.

  56. 61

    Hope Herrod

    So if I commit a robbery and it’s on security camera but there’s no witness in person then it doesn’t count? Because the camera can’t face me in court? I’m not trying to be a smart ass, I am really asking since that’s what the big problem seems to be.

  57. 62

    Hope Herrod

    Thank you Kevin for having a discussion instead of resorting to passive aggressive half insults.

  58. 63

    Hope Herrod

    The article says there is an appeals process. I don’t know the process so I can’t comment on it but it also says that a public safety director here in CP, not affiliated with the cam company has to review all tickets and approve or deny them actually being sent out.

  59. 64

    Kevin Small

    Hope Herrod no. It is perfectly usable because it would be used in a court of law by police officers. You would not be billed by a private company.

  60. 65

    Kevin Small

    Hope Herrod no. It is perfectly usable because it would be used in a court of law by police officers. You would not be billed by a private company.

  61. 66

    Kevin Small

    Hope Herrod no. It is perfectly usable because it would be used in a court of law by police officers. You would not be billed by a private company.

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    James S Vining

    Nope, I didn’t run out of answers.

  63. 68

    James S Vining

    Nope, I didn’t run out of answers.

  64. 69

    James S Vining

    Nope, I didn’t run out of answers.

  65. 70

    Kevin Small

    Scott Buttram, I would be curious did you guys do an article of when these cameras were originally struck down. Did the city have to issue refunds? If so, did red flex also have to refund or did the tax payers eat the city’s loss on this.

  66. 71

    Kevin Small

    Scott Buttram, I would be curious did you guys do an article of when these cameras were originally struck down. Did the city have to issue refunds? If so, did red flex also have to refund or did the tax payers eat the city’s loss on this.

  67. 72

    Kevin Small

    Scott Buttram, I would be curious did you guys do an article of when these cameras were originally struck down. Did the city have to issue refunds? If so, did red flex also have to refund or did the tax payers eat the city’s loss on this.

  68. 73

    Hope Herrod

    Kevin, that’s definitely an issue that I would want more answers and transparency from the city government on. If it’s not fair in the same way of officers writing the tickets, then adjustments need to be made. I can’t say that it’s not appealing to free up the police the city does have to help make the city safer. Centerpoint definitely needs all the help it can get.

  69. 74

    Hope Herrod

    Kevin, that’s definitely an issue that I would want more answers and transparency from the city government on. If it’s not fair in the same way of officers writing the tickets, then adjustments need to be made. I can’t say that it’s not appealing to free up the police the city does have to help make the city safer. Centerpoint definitely needs all the help it can get.

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    Hope Herrod

    Kevin, that’s definitely an issue that I would want more answers and transparency from the city government on. If it’s not fair in the same way of officers writing the tickets, then adjustments need to be made. I can’t say that it’s not appealing to free up the police the city does have to help make the city safer. Centerpoint definitely needs all the help it can get.

  71. 76

    Scott Buttram

    The Tribune wasn’t formally covering Center Point at the time that the cameras were first installed.

  72. 77

    Scott Buttram

    The Tribune wasn’t formally covering Center Point at the time that the cameras were first installed.

  73. 78

    Scott Buttram

    The Tribune wasn’t formally covering Center Point at the time that the cameras were first installed.

  74. 79

    Felicia Hardin

    My daughter got a warning in my car. Smh

  75. 80

    Terry Melvin

    Do not support centerpoint in any way stay Out!!!

  76. 81

    Terry Melvin

    Do not support centerpoint in any way stay Out!!!

  77. 82

    Kevin Small

    If Red Flex can make money, they’ll bail you for whatever they can.

  78. 83

    Lamar Adkins

    These are nothing more than traps so why would anybody want to drive to Centerpoint and do business. Ask yourself can you take a machine to court they can be manipulated like anything else

  79. 84

    Gerald Hicks

    I recently drove CP Parkway. Could not believe the speeders and the disregard of traffic laws.

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