More than a dozen former police leaders are urging Premier Doug Ford to reconsider his plan to ban automated speed cameras across the province.

In a letter to the premier and his ministers dated Oct. 17, retired chiefs of police from Peel, Halton, Niagara, Ottawa and beyond argued the cameras — introduced by Ford’s government in 2019 — are “highly effective at changing dangerous driving behaviours and reducing collisions and serious injuries at problem locations.”

The letter, which comes ahead of the provincial government tabling legislation to ban the enforcement tool, cites research from CAA South Central Ontario as well as a studies from SickKids hospital and Toronto Metropolitan University, as well as municipality-specific data.

“The results are clear: when drivers know that aut

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