Officers write 150 tickets in one day with new radar
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HENRY CO., Tenn. — Officers in Henry wrote speeding drivers around 150 tickets in more than 24 hours with a new radar technology. The Henry Police Department began using their “Dragoncam” radar Thursday. It allows police to send offenders tickets with just a push of a button. Henry Police Chief David Andrews says in the last decade there have been more than a dozen fatal wrecks on the busy stretch of Highway 79 in the city’s limits. “Typically in this area they know we write tickets. It’s no secret we stop cars a lot on this highway,” Chief Andrews said. Officers say the mailed ticket will only cost you $50, which is much cheaper than a normal citation. “If an officer actually stops and pulls you over, it is $119,” Chief Andrews said. Residents tell WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News they don’t like the thought of not knowing they are getting a speeding ticket. “I don’t think it serves the people of Henry County,” Wendell Owen said. Officers say $25 of the fine will go to the police department, and the other half will go to the radar company.
