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Toledo camera company admits to Chicago bribe

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Chicago has 380 red light cameras just like the ones in Toledo. And, just like Toledo, the Arizona company Redflex Traffic Systems set up the cameras.

Redflex recently admitted it spent $2 million bribing a Chicago city official to get the contract. That is causing concern for a councilmember about Toledo's relationship with the company.

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