Flutterby™! : Red light cameras & fraud

I am actually generally a fan of automated traffic enforcement. However: Chicago Tribune: Red light cameras tag thousands for undeserved tickets: Analysis of 4 million violations recorded since 2007 reveals suspicious patterns at dozens of intersections, raises questions about system's management.

Seems like two issues: First, this "partner with an outside company, they share the profits", rather than "buy the damned things like we do signals" is fraught with motivation for fraud.

Second: People in positions of law enforcement power, be they police officers or bureaucrats changing light timing and sensors, need to be held accountable to very high standards.

ie: This is the sort of thing that should have a guilty party looking to flee the country because life as an international fugitive is better than the punishment for trumping up a few quarters worth of reports.