Update: Speed Cameras in Howard County

More than 3,600 speed camera citations were issued in Howard County in the first two months of 2012, according to the Howard County Police Department.

in October of last year. After a one-month probationary period, were issued to vehicles travelling 12 mph or faster over the speed limit.

Since November, the county has collected $182,360 in fines according to Sherry Llewellyn, spokewoman for the police department.

Those fines have not yet covered the expenses of the program which, to date, have been $196,073, according to Llewellyn. That figure includes the initial start-up expenses of the program and payments of $87,375 to ACS, the vendor that operates the mobile speed units.

According to police, the department expects that the fines collected will cover the cost of the program during the next fiscal year. 

The most number of citations have been issued at:

• Rogers Avenue at School
• Centennial Lane at and
• Tamar Drive at Jeffers Hill Elementary School
• Vollmerausen Road at Bethel Christian Academy
• Old Montgomery Road at the Maryland School for the Deaf

The least number of citations have been issued at:

• Montgomery Road at
• Maryland Route 108 at Clarksville Middle School
• Stonehouse Drive at
• Oakland Mills Road at Guilford Elementary School
• Folly Quarter Road at Glenelg Country School

Check the Howard County Police Department's speed camera section weekly for updates about where the speed cameras will be that week.

 for answers to some frequently asked questions about speed cameras from Capt. John McKissick, commander of the special operation division.