TUSCALOOSA, Alabama -- Running a red light in Tuscaloosa might earn you a civil fine of $110, even if a police officer isn't there to see it happen, thanks to the activation of the city's red light enforcement system Sunday.

The city announced in July that cameras were being installed at traffic signals throughout Tuscaloosa, and would record and photograph any car that drove through a stop signal at those intersections. Violators would will be slapped with a civil suit that can be resolved by the payment of a fine of $110.

So far, only one camera has been set up and activated, but that one eye in the sky caught more than 300 drivers in the act of blowing through a light in August. According to Sgt. Brent Blankley, the public information officer for the Tuscaloosa Police Department, 327 warning tickets were issued last month after the camera was activated.

The August tickets did not carry the weight of a fine, they were just warnings issued to help acclimate residents and visitors in the Druid City to the presence of the devices. As of Sept. 1, though, real tickets will be issued, complete with the $110 fine and photographic evidence of the violation.

The one photo enforcement system in place and activated monitors the intersection at 15th Street and 6th Avenue East. More cameras will be installed at other intersections, but those locations and the dates of their installation have yet to be decided.

Each ticket will have an individually generated report posted to a

, which will legally be the end of the matter for all parties involved.