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The downed cameras were positioned near听听补苍诲听, both at locations that were previously struck this year.

Councillor Brad Bradford, who represents Beaches-East York, called the latest decapitation of the Lakeshore speed camera “unacceptable.”

“The perpetual struggle to keep these cameras up is becoming a joke,” he wrote .

“If the city is going to spend money doing automated speed enforcement, it must a better job protecting the cameras.”

The camera close to听听was vandalized on June 20 while the one on听, was knocked down on July 17.听

At least 27 pole-mounted cameras have been vandalized this year, according to City of 海角社区官网spokeperson Laura McQuillan.

The city has also received more than 800 reports of vandalism involving speed cameras, though most were minor incidents such as graffiti that didn鈥檛 require the cameras to be removed from service, she added.听

“The City of 海角社区官网condemns all vandalism of these speed cameras,” McQuillan said. “Damaging these devices allows dangerous speeding to continue and undermines the safety of vulnerable road users, as all (Automated Speed Enforcement) devices are located in Community Safety Zones such as near schools, playgrounds and hospitals.”

海角社区官网police said they were investigating several reports of听speed cameras that were damaged across the city overnight.

Though both cameras hit on Monday night听were repeat-targets, none have been as cut down as often the Parkside Drive speed camera.

Positioned south of Algonquin Drive, it has been vandalized seven times in the past 11 months, with the most recent incident occurring over the weekend. Since November, the camera has been sawed down, drowned and stolen.听

The Parkside speed camera has also been the source of over 70,000 tickets and $8 million in speeding fines for the city since it was installed in 2022.