CLAY COUNTY, Fla. – Clay County is growing — and so are the Orange Park town coffers fed by red light camera fines.
According to data provided by the Orange Park Police Department to the Orange Park Town Council, the town made more than $1.1 million from citations caught by red-light cameras over the last year.
Orange Park and Green Cove Springs are the only two municipalities in Northeast Florida that use red light cameras.
The Town of Orange Park has eight cameras mounted at three intersections:
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Kingsley Avenue/U.S. 17 (Park Avenue)
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U.S. 17 (Park Avenue)/Loring Avenue
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Kingsley Avenue/Debarry Avenue
According to OPPD’s report to the town council, the three intersections were chosen because of the number of crashes, the need for pedestrian safety and the volume of traffic.
According to OPPD data, 19,545 red light camera violations were issued from July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025. That’s an average of more than 53 a day.
Of those, 13,829 paid their fines, which amounted to $2,157,857.83 collected by the Town of Orange Park.
Of that, the town got to keep $1,027,741.40. The rest went to the Florida Department of Revenue.
But town officials say the cameras are about more than money. The town’s police chief said all the intersections with red light cameras have seen a noticeable decrease in crashes.
And if you get one of those red light camera citations in the mail from Orange Park, you might as well not bother contesting it.
Of the 59 violations that were contested over the last year, 50 were upheld, zero were dismissed and nine are still pending.
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