Orland Park officials are addressing traffic problems in the village in various ways including consideration of speed cameras, studies and surveys. (Photo by Jeff Vorva) 

According to one public safety survey that started on Oct. 1, Orland Park residents want to see the village bring in speed cameras to the village. 

For the most part, Orland Park officials are ready to green light bringing them in, but legally, they want to untie their hands from state law language before moving ahead. 

According to the Illinois General Assembly website, only municipalities with 1 million or more people can enforce penalties via speed cameras. 

At the Oct. 5 Committee of the Whole meeting, the board continued trying to tweak and make changes to codes and fine structures. The addition of speed cameras was brought up at a previous meeting but has been removed from the conversation for now. 

“We need to do our due diligence on that,” Orland Park Village Manager George Koczwara said. “The state code is specific to Chicago. We would be using the village’s home-rule authority to issue nuisance violations. After two warnings, there would be a nuisance violation.” 

The board is also considering purchasing noise cameras. There is one Flock camera in the village and more have been purchased, but they have yet to arrive.  

Trustee John Lawler said working on getting speed cameras to town is a priority if it’s done within the law. 

“A lot of people were in favor of the speed enforcement cameras,” Lawler said. “It’s not gone, we’re just tabling it for now until we can do more research.”  

Aside from the Oct. 1 survey, the village is also launching its first Village-Wide Neighborhood Traffic Safety Study to identify neighborhood traffic issues and develop consistent, data-driven solutions. 

“Public safety is the baseline for quality of life in Orland Park,” Orland Park Mayor James Dodge said in a news release. “With clear rules for vehicle-based events and stronger tools to address mobile nuisance parties, we’re reinforcing that standard. 

“At the same time, we’re listening to residents. We’ll continue our due diligence on speed and noise cameras and launch the Village-Wide Neighborhood Traffic Safety Study, so solutions are data-driven and community-supported.” 

Police Chief Eric Rossi added the village is combining common-sense rules with modern tools. 

“As the village continues due diligence on speed and noise cameras, the village will support a robust traffic safety study, including workshops, neighborhood meetings and a statistically representative survey, to ensure our recommendations reflect real conditions and resident priorities,” Rossi said. 

7 replies on “ Orland Park ready to approve speed cameras ”

  2. For public safety reasons and not let’s raise revenue, I hope these politicians know the difference between five miles over and twenty Red light cameras didn’t make things safer did they?

  3. No flock cameras !! Invasion of my privacy. Already taken down in several cities for invasion of privacy so unless you want more court cases tying things up in Orland. And who is purcasing these with out tax money. And what is done with the information collected?No flock cameras. No speed enforcement caneras either, would imagine lots of issues with the quality an money grab for the city.

  5. Orland patk politicians are lying who wants speed cameras another way to get revenue. Put it on the ballot and see if it passes.

  6. Speed cameras equal hidden taxation. It is always justified in the name of our public Safety. It is probably a definite priority for the village as the amount of revenue That it will generate but at a loss of personal freedom and people Having a greater mistrust of motives of their elected officials. Let the police patrol the streets and issue citations which will be very visible to people who are driving at an excessive and reckless speed. It will be a visible deterrent if the officials and the police chief is in fact concerned about public safety. As the speed Mechanism works now people will be driving and 3 weeks or a month later they will get a notice that they exceeded the speed limits. This is not a very transparent way to improve public safety. There are numerous speed regulation laws in the State of Illinois right now But the speed camera laws is written usually issue citations for 5 to 6 miles an hour over and they can get an unlimited amount of cars every single dayBut the speed camera laws is written usually issue citations 4526 miles an hour over and they can get an unlimited amount of cars every single day And there is really no deterrent effect as there would be if a police officer has someone pulled over for a traffic violation. But then again you won’t raise enough money which is Often the bottom line Which is not very well hidden behind the argument that the cameras are being installed for our own good

  7. Speed cameras equal hidden taxation. It is always justified in the name of our public Safety. It is probably a definite priority for the village as the amount of revenue That it will generate but at a loss of personal freedom and people Having a greater mistrust of motives of their elected officials. Let the police patrol the streets and issue citations which will be very visible To the motoring public but then again it won’t generate the amount of revenue that can be gained by issuing an unlimited amount of tickets to people that they will receive 3 to 4 weeks later in the mail.

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