have hoped. >> reporter: run a red light and smile, you're on camera. used to be officers patrolled intersections, but these days so-called robocops are standing sentinel, with a picture and computer match of the license tag, out goes a several hundred dollar ticket. drivers hate it. >> it's not a police officer, so it's like i'm being called out from a machine or a roborobot. it's a camera. >> reporter: nationwide local officials who thought the red light tickets would be a huge new source of municipal revenue are discovering just the opposite. in pem brook pinz florida say they cost more than they earned. it only gets worse when you factor in the contractor who installed the red light system, gets a cut from every ticket. >> the entire program is