Caught on Camera: Paradise Valley Issues 100,000 Photo Radar Tickets in One Year– Is Reform Coming?

Three Photo Radar Measures Advance Toward Senate Floor, Setting Up a Battle Between Legislative Action, Voter Choice at the Ballot Box, and Governor Hobbs' Signature.

Arizona’s battle over photo radar continues to intensify. In a key move, the Senate Committee on Public Safety advanced a resolution that could put the fate of automated traffic enforcement directly in the hands of voters. State 48 News breaks down the hearing, where lawmakers clashed over SCR 1002, a measure with a long road ahead but growing momentum.

One of the biggest revelations? Paradise Valley - a town of less than 13,000 residents, confirmed issuing a staggering 100,000 photo radar tickets last year. (That’s nearly double amount of tickets given in 2023, according to one report.)

Break it down, Paradise Valley sends out roughly 10 photo radar tickets per resident, every year—nothing short of a cash machine.