Another Toronto speed camera cut down [Video]

Yet another speed camera has been cut down in Toronto.

Toronto Police confirmed to CP24 the Automated Speed Enforcement (ASE) device located in the area of Avenue Road and Oaklands Avenue, in the city’s Summerhill neighbourhood, was sawed down. Police say it was cut down on Friday whereas the city says they received notice last Thursday.

At the site, repair crews tell CTV News Toronto it costs about $10,000 to fix every damaged ASE device.

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A spokesperson for the city admonished the vandalism, issuing a reminder that damaging, tampering with or stealing a speed camera “allows dangerous speeding to continue and undermines the safety of all road users.”

While the city condemns the vandalism, it says it does not own any of the ASE devices, adding the cameras are a “vendor-provided service.”

“(I)t is the vendor’s responsibility to replace or fix the devices within a maximum of 30 days and …