That is appalling. $42 for a parking ticket is too much to begin with, let alone when citations are automated. That a private company is getting more than the municipality is disgusting. Private companies should not be able to get money on a per ticket basis with these systems, the state needs to restrict any contracts with these companies to flat rate. This trend has to stop, it's Orwellian.
I don't like automated enforcement systems in general but due to the overarching realities of labor in the future I don't see how to avoid them, but they can't look like the stuff we've seen so far.
Does MSP stand for Michigan State Police? It seems wrong that a private company can take funds from parking enforcement tickets. I agree that a meter-"maid" should be a real "maid" a human with a job. I remember the actual year 1984 when we thought the book was just a scary story, there was none of this Orwellian stuff YET!
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Installed by MSP, so it costs the city nothing. A ticketed person pays $42. MSP keeps $25 or that, the city gets $17.
https://eastlansinginfo.news/east-lansing-city-council-approves-usage-of-automated-cameras-to-boost-parking-enforcement/
I don't like automated enforcement systems in general but due to the overarching realities of labor in the future I don't see how to avoid them, but they can't look like the stuff we've seen so far.