Glendale is trying out an experiment to see whether a red-light camera installation will change driver behavior. The camera itself won’t be issuing any citations.

Red-light cameras typically take photos of drivers running red lights, then issue a ticket to the offender. The Glendale City Council approved a red-light camera that, rather than being used to issue citations, will be intended to serve merely as a deterrent.

The camera will be up for one month and was recommended by the police chief to be put at 59 Avenue and Bell Road. The city will compare that driving data to two months with no camera.

Councilwoman Lauren Tolmachoff said the study is not meant to lead to more active red-light cameras in Glendale, but rather to see whether accidents go down when there is one at an intersection.

“And I don’t believe that there’s any consensus to move forward with red-light cameras, it’s just another thing we’re doing to try to gather data to try to make our streets safer," she said.

The city said there have been 21 accidents at 59 Avenue and Bell Road this year.