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Cavalier Johnson: “Judges [are] taking reckless driving seriously.”

Featuring: Cavalier Johnson, Democratic | Mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Milwaukee mayor endorses red light camera legislation making its way through state senate

Published October 7, 2025 | Video Starts at 05:10

So I want to thank prosecutors, folks like our District Attorney, Kent Lovern, folks like our City Attorney, Evan Goyke, for stepping up and stepping up accountability through anti reckless driving laws, and Judges [are] taking reckless driving seriously. We also know, though, that more work's got to be done. We're not at the end of the line here, and new tools must be deployed to save lives and … (05:10–05:13)

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“The city has formally requested and called for state legislation that would allow for red light cameras.”
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“Milwaukee is committed to Vision Zero, the elimination of deaths and life-changing injury caused by traffic-related crashes.”
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“The Department of Public Works [is] prioritizing safety over speed in designing streets in Milwaukee.”
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“Prosecutors, folks like our District Attorney, Kent Lovern, [and] our City Attorney, Evan Goyke, [are] stepping up accountability through…”
Milwaukee mayor endorses red light camera legislation making its way through state senate | Uploaded October 7, 2025 | 04:57-05:13
“New tools must be deployed to save lives and accelerate our efforts on Vision Zero.”
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“I will be joining the chorus of folks from across Milwaukee who will be advocating for additional tools for us to keep our streets safe in…”
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“Any dollars that are generated from this will go to the areas that the senator talked about.”
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“Resources generated from this will invest in public safety, will invest in infrastructure, will invest in education.”
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“I want for the police department and our other law enforcement agencies to have access to all the tools possible to keep Milwaukee safe.”
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“We should be impounding those vehicles, and we should get, I think, greater latitude to be able to do that.”
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“If somebody commits an act of death, harm, or destruction in this community, they should be held to account.”
Milwaukee mayor endorses red light camera legislation making its way through state senate | Uploaded October 7, 2025 | 19:09-19:14
“We should have every single tool possibly available to us in order to curb that sort of behavior.”
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“We are taking the steps necessary to make sure that we protect this community, but especially that we protect our kids, protect the senior…”
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“We want to hold those folks accountable.”
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“No more than five of these cameras per aldermanic district.”
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“There is a limit to the number of these cameras that would be deployed in the aldermanic districts across the city.”
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