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Sunday, May 20, 2007


Traffic cameras. Remember, it's about safety, not money.
Members of a Texas Senate committee are shocked that a full-time police officer is receiving monetary payments from photo enforcement company. Marble Falls Reserve Police Officer Steve Eckstein admitted Tuesday that he worked in uniform 40 hours a week for the city, but his entire salary comes from Nestor Traffic Systems. When asked specifically when his duties were to the police and when they were for Nestor, Eckstein responded, "At the same time."

Eckstein testified that the police chief had recruited him to take the payment from Nestor in December. Members of the Criminal Justice Committee suggested that it was a direct conflict of interest to use police buildings, uniform and equipment to generate profit for a private company.
Ya think? Yet having these same uniformed officers making money for insurance companies by enforcing seat belt laws is A-Ok, right?



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