Editing Newburgh Heights, Ohio (section)

==Traffic enforcement==
Newburgh Heights is a nationally-known<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/31/us/police-ticket-quotas-money-funding.html |url-access=subscription |title=The Demand for Money Behind Many Police Traffic Stops|last=McIntire|first=Mike |first2=Michael H. |last2=Keller |work=New York Times|date=October 31, 2021 |access-date=March 15, 2022|language=en}}</ref> speed trap, employing traffic cameras along a very short stretch of Interstate 77 that runs through it. In addition, traffic cameras are employed in the stretch of Harvard Avenue that leads to the I-77 on ramp. The penalties range from $150.00 to $300.00.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}

Former mayor Trevor Elkins said in 2017 his village issues about 300 speeding tickets per week from using its one hand-held camera. He said the system is safer than when officers pull over speeding drivers, and he disagreed with critics who might say the camera is a cash grab. "The people who are speeding are not victims," Elkins said. "They were breaking the law, and they got caught."<ref name="Grzegorek">{{Cite news|url=https://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2015/12/28/newburgh-heights-issues-300-speeding-tickets-a-week-via-hand-held-device|title=Newburgh Heights Issues 300 Speeding Tickets a Week Via Hand-Held Device|last=Grzegorek|first=Vince|work=Cleveland Scene |date=December 28, 2015 |access-date=August 26, 2017|language=en |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170826234528/https://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2015/12/28/newburgh-heights-issues-300-speeding-tickets-a-week-via-hand-held-device |archive-date=August 26, 2017 }}</ref> 25% of the city revenue comes from traffic tickets. The national average is at least ten times lower, at approximately 2%.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicksibilla/2019/08/29/nearly-600-towns-get-10-of-their-budgets-or-more-from-court-fines/?sh=12ce2e3a4c99 |url-access=subscription  |date=August 29, 2019 |title=Nearly 600 Towns Get 10% Of Their Budgets (Or More) From Court Fines|last=Sibilla|first=Nick|work=Forbes|access-date=March 15, 2022|language=en}}</ref>

Mayor Elkins has stated publicly that he defends the use of the cameras and admits they generate revenue, and said in 2016, "do I recognize that they generate revenue? Absolutely. Do I apologize for that? No."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.clevescene.com/cleveland/trevor-elkins/Content?oid=4942048 |date=July 27, 2016 |title=Trevor Elkins|last=Allard|first=Sam|website=Cleveland Scene|access-date=July 20, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170826234538/https://www.clevescene.com/cleveland/trevor-elkins/Content?oid=4942048 |archive-date= August 26, 2017 }}</ref>

As of July 3, 2019, Ohio Governor [[Mike DeWine]] [https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/ohio/articles/2019-07-04/cities-to-lose-traffic-camera-revenue-as-law-takes-effect signed into law] legislation that reduces state funding for any city, town, or village operating red light or speed cameras by an amount equivalent to the fines collected. (The provision withholding state funding has been enjoined by the 8th District Court of Appeals) The law requires all appeals of tickets received through camera technology to be heard in court rather than by an administrative officer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/ohio/articles/2019-07-04/cities-to-lose-traffic-camera-revenue-as-law-takes-effect|title=Cities to Lose Traffic Camera Revenue as Law Takes Effect|date=July 4, 2019|website=U.S. News |agency=Associated Press |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190705152331/https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/ohio/articles/2019-07-04/cities-to-lose-traffic-camera-revenue-as-law-takes-effect|archive-date=July 5, 2019}}</ref>