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VOLUME 66 | ISSUE 5
WEEK OF DECEMBER 19, 2024
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Morrison speed camera not expected to return to town streets BY JANE REUTER JREUTER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
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Morrison’s infamous speed camera has likely issued its last ticket. With the disbanding of the town’s police department, Town Manager Mallory Nassau said the town will not have the manpower to continue its operations. “My understanding is we would need an officer with a badge number to process those (tickets),” she said. “So I don’t see a way forward at this time.” The town board voted earlier this week to disband the police department and contract for law enforcement services with the Jefferson County Sheriff ’s Office. “We will not be picking up the use of the speed camera,” said JCSO Director of Public Affairs Mark Techmeyer. “We do not anticipate monitoring traffic with radar or lidar either. We will be a response to calls for law enforcement services from the citizens.” Morrison, which has had a longstanding reputation as a speed trap, bought two automated speed cameras early this year. One of them began issuing citations on May 8, flagging about 10,000 speeders in its first two weeks. Morrison’s speed limit is 25 mph, and the camera was set to issue a $40 citation to those traveling 10 mph or more over the town’s 25 mph speed limit. The camera was controversial — among those who got tickets, and the town’s business owners and some town trustees — for both the brisk pace at which it issued SEE SPEED CAMERA, P2
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