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Of course, it is par for the course in the city that Wise Up Winnipeg says intentionally traps speeders with inadequate signs in school zones and on the approaches to photo-radar cameras.

“I won’t even say it’s neglect. I’m saying we have a willful mandate to maximize violations, including the removing of signs,” Mr. Dube. said

Winnipeg has been up front about requiring its police to meet an annual “target” for traffic tickets.

In 2011, when police had to cut traffic enforcement to tackle a surging gang war, Keith McCaskill, the city’s police chief, told the finance committee there would be a $1.4-million “shortfall” in traffic-ticket revenue. Within three months, officers were being told to boost their ticket counts.

“There certainly is pressure being placed on the police from certain quarters of civic government to come back with certain expectations in terms of funding,” said Mike Sutherland, president of the Winnipeg Police Association.

“Tickets should be handed out where warranted, it shouldn’t be based on revenue.”

Meanwhile, Wise Up Winnipeg claims the city’s photo-radar cameras may be malfunctioning.

This year, it teamed up with the Canadian Taxpayer’s Federation to sue over one camera, arguing its Doppler radar had become scrambled by metal signs and light poles, causing it to unfairly ticket hundreds of motorists.

And the ranks of Wise Up Winnipeg supporters are only swelling.

For the province to let this continue is unconscionable

“People are getting $200 to $400 tickets and points on their licence — and they’re angry, and there’s hordes of them,” Mr. Dube said.