Drivers can expect to see new speed enforcement cameras at school zones throughout Gloucester County as an initiative to help create safer roadways and encourage drivers to slow down takes effect.
“We have been working through this implementation since 2023,” said Gloucester Sheriff Darrell Warren. Previously, cameras from Altumint, a Maryland-based technology company, were installed at select schools in the county to collect speeding violation data.
At a Gloucester Board of Supervisors meeting a year ago, Warren and Altumint Vice President of Sales Martin Plank presented the collected data, which, according to the Sheriff’s Office, showed an extensive problem and major public safety concern.
During the November 2024 meeting, the board voted to install speed enforcement cameras at all nine school zones in Gloucester County.
In a Facebook page statement on Nov. 10, the Sheriff’s Office announced that school speed zone cameras had been installed in strategic spots throughout the county and would be in full operation starting Monday, Nov. 17.
“Based on the original data that was collected, the worst violations occurred at Petsworth Elementary, Achilles Elementary, and Ware Academy, so those locations will be the first schools where the camera systems are deployed,” said Warren.
The Sheriff’s Office wants to first work through any challenges that may arise in the current monitored zones before phasing in the rest of the schools.
A warning period will take place from Nov. 17 until Jan. 4, 2026, during which warnings will be issued to drivers traveling at least 10 miles per hour above the speed limit during posted school zone hours. Starting on Jan. 5, 2026, violations will begin being enforced.
All offenses will first be reviewed by the Gloucester County Sheriff’s Office before being deemed a violation, and violators will incur a $100 fine and will be sent a notice of violation mailed directly to the registered owner of the vehicle involved.
“The notice of violation will be mailed directly to the registered owner of the vehicle involved,” explained Warren. “It is considered a civil penalty only and doesn’t get reported to DMV for demerit points.”
Ultimately, the end goal of the program is to reduce, or eliminate all together, speeding in school zones, said Warren.
“We want our School Resource Officers inside the buildings with students and staff, and it is not possible to have a patrol deputy at every school in the county twice per day to enforce these violations.”