P.G. expands controversial speed camera program

The grace period for Prince George’s County’s new speed camera program has ended, as county police prepare to add more than a dozen of the controversial devices by week’s end. More than 2,000 motorists were caught speeding on Allentown Road by cameras positioned near Isaac Gourdine Middle School and Tayac Elementary School over the last 30 days, according to Maj. Robert Liberati, head of the county police department’s forensic services division. Beginning Wednesday, drivers caught traveling 12 mph or more over the limit will be mailed $40 tickets instead of warnings.

A total 14 cameras will be set up at nine locations across the county, all within designated school zones, by the end of the week.