Bellevue to try out red-light cameras
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BELLEVUE, Wash. - The Bellevue City Council has given the go-ahead to police to install cameras near busy intersections and schools.
"Red light" cameras will be installed at still-to-be-determined locations on Northeast 8th St., Bel-Red Road and 148th Ave. NE. Speed cameras will be installed near Stevenson, Lake Hills and Sunset elementary schools.
More cameras may be installed later at other locations, depending on whether the program improves public safety. The Northeast 8th shopping junction is a possibility.
"We're looking for heavy traffic intersections like this, where to put an officer here is not necessarily very effective, may disrupt than it helps it, and is more risky for the officer," said Bellevue police spokesman Greg Grannis.