The City of Los Angeles uses automated enforcement cameras to take photographs of motorists running red lights. The cameras are part of the City’s Traffic Safety Camera Program, which began in 2000.

The program is administered by the Police Department and is supported by the Los Angeles Department of Transportation. The program’s traffic safety cameras were installed at 32 signalized intersections which monitors 64 approaches.

Now, the cameras are located at sites across the City. They generate more than 30 images per second of offenders and the vehicles they are driving.

Traffic safety cameras are installed where there are relatively high numbers of traffic violations and traffic accidents related to red lights. Studies show camera presence results in less right-angle accidents and more motorists obeying traffic laws. The cameras provide a level of traffic enforcement seven days a week and 24 hours a day.