Chicago Dropping Red-Light Camera Firm
Investigation showed company gave thousands in free trips to former official who ran program
Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced today he will axe the city's embattled red-light camera vendor when its contract expires in July, citing new investigative findings that the company gave thousands of dollars in free trips to the former city official who oversaw the decade-long program.
Emanuel announced the action against Redflex Traffic Systems Inc. following the Chicago Tribune's report today that the chairman of Redflex's Australian parent company resigned this week and trading in the company's stock was suspended amid an intensifying investigation into allegations of corruption in its Chicago contract.
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