The cameras would replace the officers that are presently posted at intersections.

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HOPEFULLY CATCH THOSE RECKLESS DRIVERS AND IMMEDIATELY TICKET THEM. >> THESE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE ANY REGARD FOR THE SPEED LIMIT. THEY'RE DRIVING LIKE CRAZY. >> HE’S TALKING ABOUT MILWAUKEE’S RECKLESS DRIVING PROBLEM. >> PEOPLE ALWAYS TRY TO FL THROUGH, TRY TO CATCH THE LIGH , IT IS REAL BUSY, SO THERE BE A LOT OF ACCIDENTS. >> TWO STATE ORGANIZATIONS CREATED THIS INTERACTIVE MAP TO ILLUSTRATE THE PROBLEM. IT SHOWS, IN THE LAST YEAR ALONE, 57 PEOPLE IN MILWAUKEE COUNTY DIED IN TRAFFIC CRASHES. MORE THAN 600 WERE SERIOUSLY HURT. >> WHAT I LOOKING TO DO IS TO AM KIND OF CURB THIS RECKLESS DRIVING IN A SENSE. >> MILWAUKEE POLICE SAY THEY’VE UPPED THEIR PATROLS AT CERTAIN INTERSECTIONS, BUT IT’S ONLY TEMPORARY. A NEW PROPOSED BILL WOULD REPLACE THOSE OFFICERS WITH CAMERAS. >> W KNOW IT WON’T SOLVE ALL OF OUR PROBLEMS, BUT WE THINK ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO HAD DIED OR WHO HAVE H MAJOR BODILY INJURIES. WE CAN DO SOMETHING. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE STEPS. >> THE CAMERAS WOULD BE INSTALLED AT 52 INTERSECTIONS FLAGGED AS THE MOST DANGEROUS IN THE CITY. YOU’VE SEEN THE IMAGES RIGHT HERE ON 12 NEWS. A PEDESTRIAN HIT AND KILLED AT SHERMAN AND CAPITOL. A MOTHER AND DAUGHTER BOTH KILLED NEAR 35TH AND CAPIT AND AT 60TH AND CAPITOL, A MILWAUKEE POLICE OFFICER STRUCK AND KILLED DRIVING HOME FROM >> -- FROM WORK. >> AT LEAST THE CITIZENS OF THIS CITY WILL FEEL THAT YOU ARE PUTTING FORTH A POSITIVE EFFORT OF TRYING TO CRACK DOWN ON THIS. BECAUSE WE GOTTA TURN UP THE PRESSURE ON THESE IDIOTS JUST HURTING PEOPLE FOR NO REASON , DRIVING RECKLESS FOR NO REASON. PATRICK: CAROLINE, WHEN WOULD THIS GO INTO EFFECT? AGAIN, THIS BILL IS ONLY PROPOSED, BUT IF IT GOES THROUGH, THERE WOULD BE A 90-DAY NOTIFICATION

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A newly proposed bill would install up to 75 red light and speed cameras throughout Milwaukee. The cameras would be installed at 52 intersections flagged as the most dangerous for drivers in the city. Each intersection, according to Milwaukee police, has at least one crash a day. Police said the cameras would allow officers currently posted at the intersections to patrol other routes throughout the city. "What I'm looking to do is to kind of curb this reckless driving, in a sense," said State Rep. David Crowley, 17th District. Crowley is co-authoring the bill."We know it won't be a silver bullet in solving all of our problems, but when you think about the amount of people that have died or have had major bodily injuries, we could do something and this is one of those steps," he said.Some of the intersections on the list include North Sherman Boulevard and Capitol Drive, North 35th Street and Capitol Drive, North 27th Street and Capitol Drive, North 27th and Center streets and North Teutonia Avenue and West Hampton Avenue.Another intersection included on the list is 60th Street and Capitol, where a Milwaukee police officer was struck and killed on his way home from work when a driver ran a red light. If the bill is passed, there would be a 30-day public education campaign, along with a 90-day warning notification system before being fully implemented. The cameras would stay in place for a five-year pilot program.