Ariz. speed program starting with 3 camera units

Arizona's new photo speed enforcement program will start off small on Friday but grow at a steady clip.

The program is being launched on short notice after the lifting of a contract freeze resulting from a losing bidder's pending contract challenge.

Department of Public Safety Lt. James Warriner says the program will begin with three vehicles deployed in the Phoenix area.

Warriner says there will be four more mobile units within a week and five more weekly until there's 40 by the end of November. He says the first fixed camera should be up by late October.

The DPS contract with Redflex Traffic Systems Inc. calls for 100 fixed and mobile cameras to be deployed statewide within several months.