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Devices to Track Atlanta City Vehicles: MyFoxATLANTA.com

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Located between Southern California cities Malibu and Santa Barbara on the Pacific Ocean, the City of Ventura provides a wide range of services to more than 109,000 residents. The City's operating philosophy not only embraces cost efficiencies, but also focuses on sustainability efforts.In 2007, Ventura's City Council adopted the Green Initiative, the first of many steps toward the City's goal of

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With today’s increased fuel costs and tight budgets at all governmental levels, bus companies are under pressure to perform with fewer resources. Luckily, technology is making it easier. One of the most effective ways for a vehicle-based organization to stay up and running — and competitive — is by implementing GPS-based fleet tracking, available in a variety of software platforms from numerous

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(openPR) - A revolutionary new vehicle efficiency system, incorporating vehicle CCTV, mobile DVR and vehicle weighing, will change the face of the waste industry, claims vehicle safety company Vision Techniques.The waste industry is set for a technology revolution, following the creation of a radical new system designed to eliminate hundreds of headaches facing councils and waste management

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Telematics suppliers in the commercial segment are making strategic moves as analysts predict solid double-digit growth for fleet management technologies. New product rollouts and mergers are occurring as suppliers try to expand their market share. Many are beefing up product offerings. In November, Networkfleet unveiled its Networkfleet 5000 Series of fleet tracking hardware. Networkfleet

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Ottawa's transit commission and its biggest transit union have a testy relationship, but they agree on one thing: It's probably time to install security cameras on OC Transpo buses. "They are a great tool for safety for the drivers as well as the passengers," said Mike Aldrich, vice-president of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 279. "We've got to get on with it." Councillor Diane Deans, who

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Networkfleet, a leader in wireless fleet management, today announced the launch of the Networkfleet 5000 Series of fleet tracking hardware. Compatible with light, medium and heavy duty vehicles, the 5000 series offers 24/7 visibility into fleet assets, enabling fleet managers to easily locate vehicles in real time and monitor specific vehicle data such as mileage,

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IMS Research has released the 2011 edition of the World Market Report for Mobile Video Surveillance Equipment, identifying Apollo Video Technology (Apollo Video) as the 2010 market leader in sales revenue for transit bus mobile video surveillance equipment in the Americas. Apollo Video is a leader in the advancement of mobile video surveillance technologies, combining powerful and durable

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The intelligent IP video manufacturer will realize revenues of US$22 million, compared to $27.5 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2011. It has been undergoing a review of strategic alternatives since June amid analyst comments and continued multi-million dollar losses. Morgan Keegan is serving as the financial adviser. "The company believes

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On Aug. 23, 2010, a tourist bus in Manila, the Philippines was hijacked by a former policeman. Armed with an M-16 rifle, the hijacker began a 12-hour standoff with the police. The incident left eight tourists dead, and an official investigation report by the Philippine officials identified eight critical errors that led to the unfortunate result. One of the blunders was an ineffective rescue

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Four Charged in Bus ShootingAS THE SEPTA BUS pulled up to 7th Street and Cecil B. Moore Avenue in North Philly, two men in white T-shirts rushed up to the open back door, one whipping out a long rifle from his pants and the other holding a pistol. A dramatic video from one of seven cameras on the Route 47 bus, shown in a packed Philadelphia courtroom yesterday, caught the horrifying image of the

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Drivers nailed for talking on cell phones, running red lightsMetro has fired 20 bus drivers in the past five months after new cameras filmed them using cell phones while behind the wheel.The Metrobus cameras have caught bus drivers misbehaving 1,173 times in that period, prompting 222 suspensions for various infractions as well as the 20 firings.Aimed at the driver's seat, the cameras are

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A new law that took effect last Friday authorizes the use of automated school-bus safety cameras.This law adds school-bus camera violations to the list of parking infractions that can hold up renewal of a vehicle registration.The reason for adding this type of violation is to increase public awareness of our responsibility to help keep children safe while they are exiting, entering or walking

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A CONTROVERSIAL camera car has snared 813 motors parked illegally in just eight weeks – including four council vehicles.Hartlepool Borough Council launched its £40,000 camera car in May in an effort to improve road safety.It has already handed out fines which could net the authority £56,910.The scheme has sparked a barrage of criticism from drivers who have been snapped dropping people off in bus

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March Networks, a global provider of intelligent IP video solutions, announced two separate contract wins totaling $6.2 million with the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA). The contracts include a $2.6 million deal to equip more than 200 buses with its Mobile Solution, as well as a five-year, $3.6 million Managed Services contract to provide OCTA with video system health monitoring

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Metropolitan Transportation Authority bus drivers say that given the latest assault on one of their own just three weeks ago, they're breathing a little easier knowing that the MTA is installing surveillance cameras on hundreds more buses.“The program will keep us safe,” said Willie Rivera, Brooklyn’s union bus chair. MTA officials say cameras are already in operation on 85 buses, mostly on

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"It will be a strong tool in the investigation," said BART police Deputy Chief Daniel Hartwig, who said he had not seen the footage himself and could not discuss it in detail. BART, San Francisco police and the San Francisco district attorney are investigating the Sunday night shooting on the platform of the Civic Center Station. The man who was shot has been identified, but his name was not

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TUSD students who ride school buses will now have an extra set of eyes watching them after the district's Governing Board approved the installation of video cameras in the vehicles.The Tucson Unified School District expects the 300 cameras, which come with a price tag of more than $625,000, will reduce student disruptions, negative behavior and vandalism on buses. Tuesday's board vote was

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Footage has been released of a brutal beating on an Austin bus that was captured by surveillance cameras.The video shows the attacker pick a seat near the front. Once the other passengers leave, the man starts punching the driver.He then threw the driver to the floor and start rummaging through his pockets.Authorities said the driver is still recovering from

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Images captured on CCTV by the city’s bus fleet have helped solve some of Glasgow’s most horrific crimes.Police are now using the cameras as a new weapon in the fight against serious crime.Earlier this year the Evening Times revealed 430 buses operated by First are each equipped with up to 13 CCTV cameras.They have been installed in a bid to cut violence and vandalism on vehicles operated by the

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Gov. Bob McDonnell signed four bills this spring designed to make school bus transportation even safer, including increasing penalties for motorists who illegally pass school buses stopped to load and unload students and allowing school districts to install stop arm video cameras to capture offenders.Effective July 1, all motorists will be cited for reckless driving if they fail to come to a

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Video from Capital Metro Transit shows the view from behind the wheel as the bus slams into the store. Police say the driver had just run a red-light and was T-boned by another vehicle. The collision knocked the driver onto the floor of the bus before it hit the building. Police are still trying to piece together exactly what happened and have not indicated if any charges will be filed.

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WASHINGTON—Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today announced the release of FY 2011 grant guidance and application kits for 12 DHS grant programs totaling $2.1 billion to assist states, urban areas, tribal and territorial governments, non-profit agencies, and the private sector in strengthening our nation's ability to prevent, protect, respond to and recover from terrorist attacks,

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METRO VANCOUVER -- TransLink is adding more cameras to its bus fleet, claiming those already installed in its downtown trolley buses have not only improved bus driver safety but are helping to solve high-profile crimes.The cameras, initially placed in 244 trolley buses in 2006, include five or six situated inside the buses to keep an eye on both the passengers and driver, with one facing the

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Streetsblog Capitol Hill » Funding Mass Transit Security After Bin Laden

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DHS Unveils MassTransit Cameras That Mimic Black Boxes | Security Management

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OLYMPIA -- School buses may soon be equipped with cameras to photograph cars that illegally pass a bus when it is stopped to let students on and off.The state Senate gave final approval Tuesday to a bill allowing use of the cameras, which transmit a picture of a vehicle's license plate to law enforcement to send a ticket to the car's registered owner.Violations would be treated like a parking

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Most transit agencies now realize the positive impact of using video surveillance technology in their vehicles. These cameras aid in protecting and reassuring the passengers’ safety and comfort by reducing vandalism and other criminal activity. Also, in today’s litigious society, they can reduce the liability of the transit agencies, municipalities and their respective insurance companies from

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WATERLOO - Grand River Transit is poised to conclude less than a week of information sessions and a comment period, which had not been publically announced. The Tri-Cities Transport Action Group is concerned about details of the plan and the haste with which privacy concerns are being pushed to the wayside.“Grand River Transit is moving too quickly to implement surveillance on buses,” said Tim

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MURFREESBORO — Rutherford County Schools Director Harry Gill Jr. says the creation of a position designed to monitor the upkeep of cameras on school buses will save the system money in the long run.The county Board of Education has approved plans to fund the new position, which would pay around $15 an hour. The goal is to hire someone to monitor the bus cameras and school security systems as soon

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Police have released a security camera image of a man wanted in connection with a sexual assault onboard a TTC bus in Scarborough. Police allege a 14-year-old girl was sitting at the back of a 39D Finch Avenue East bus when a man sat down beside her and sexually assaulted her around 4:30 p.m. March 11.The man followed the teen off the bus near Crow Trail and Baldoon Road and asked her where she

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(VIDEO of Wearable Cam)OWASSO - By summer, new technology may allow the Owasso Police Department to better protect its officers and the public. The City Council recently OK'd the purchase of wearable videocameras that capture images wherever an officer goes. For about the past four years, officers have been using in-car videocameras in about a third of the department's 36-vehicle fleet. But

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By Jerry Cornfield, Herald WriterOLYMPIA -- There's a good chance somewhere in Snohomish County today a school bus will stop on a two-way street to let students off and a car will blow by, putting the lives of those youngsters in danger.At that moment, bus drivers can jot down the license plate and report it to police, but most are too busy trying to warn students not to cross.Now, a bill

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Bus video captures horrific crash: kasa.com

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SEEKONK - A single Seekonk school bus will soon receive a new “violation detection system” after the school committee voted to accept a proposal from SmartBus Live Monday. The school committee first heard from Daniel Angeli of SmartBus Live on a proposal to make Seekonk part of a Massachusetts pilot program in February. SmartBus Live installs cameras on buses to take photographs of drivers who

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Tennessee school buses seem to be a breeding ground for violence. From bruises to broken bones, school bus surveillance cameras should be able to capture it all on tape.In some instances, that just isn't the case.Rutherford County school district leaders are now considering hiring a person to perform routine checks of cameras on buses.A 15-year-old boy was standing bus No. 184 Friday morning when

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Safety Vision, LLC Acquires ICOP: Combination Bolsters Leadership Position in Mobile Video Solutions for Law Enforcement Safety Vision, a leading provider of mobile video and fleet automation solutions, today announced the acquisition of ICOP Digital Inc. of Lenexa, Kansas, a leading provider of Tier I mobile video solutions for Law Enforcement, Fire and EMS markets, worldwide. The combination

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 Milwaukee police need your help identifying a man who beat up a Milwaukee County Transit System bus driver. The incident happened on February 21st and was caught on camera.The surveillance video shows the suspect stopping next to the driver as he's about to get off the bus. He hits the driver in the face and then again a few more times when the driver is on the floor of the bus.The suspect then

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The Celina and Frisco police departments are now using HD cameras in their patrol cars.Celina, with their eight patrol cars, is the first police department in North Texas to put the HD cameras in all of their police cars.When on patrol, Cpl. Shea Scott can control the new camera via a touch-screen monitor. Everything captured on the high-resolution video is automatically saved.The clearer

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ANNAPOLIS — Delegates in the House Environmental Matters Committee expressed shock Tuesday afternoon about the number of drivers who are passing stopped school buses.Delegate Patrick Hogan, a Frederick County Republican, said he hoped he could translate their concern into support for his bill, which would allow school districts to use cameras on the outside of school buses to catch those

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It used to be that riding the bus was a dangerous proposition, but now driving it can be hazardous to your health.An elderly Broward County bus driver was slapped silly by an irate bus rider, who accused him of hitting her with the bus doors after she said she didn't have any money.The unidentified woman had just got on the county bus as it approached a stop at Andrews Avenue and Oakland Park

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SEEKONK - If pending legislation is approved during this session Massachusetts will allow cameras to be installed on school buses. The Seekonk School Committee is now considering being one of the first districts to get involved in a pilot program.At their meeting last Monday night, the committee heard from Daniel Angeli of SmartBus Live. The company installs cameras on buses to take photographs

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It wasn’t quite a dog day afternoon, but one Toronto senior is glad his canine hostage crisis has come to an end.Retired engineer John Hildon, 84, curled up in his favourite recliner Sunday with Goldie laying across his lap as the pair spent the day together following a bizarre dognapping on Friday night.“I was taking Goldie for a walk...on Ellesmere (Rd.) going towards Victoria Park (Ave.),”

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(link to story)

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CCTV has been released from on board a bus which was involved in a head-on crash in Turkey showing the shocking moment of impact.The images show passengers reacting in horror as a truck speeds towards them.The on-board camera also shows the driver escaping from the vehicle following the collision, which sprayed shattered glass across the bus.The crash left 18 people injured but amazingly nobody

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School bus cameras and a demonstration of how they work were shown to members of the school board's transportation committee Tuesday. "That's what you spent your money on," said transportation supervisor Michael Frey, showing committee members a camera about the size of a paperback book, and inviting them to gather around his laptop to view images from a bus camera. Frey explained employees at

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PETER JENSEN Audio and video surveillance on a Whatcom Transportation Authority bus recorded the driver, a former Lynden city councilman, allegedly offering that his friend would pay $50 to perform fellatio on a passenger in December. The driver, Jay Van Lant, 57, was charged in Whatcom County Superior Court Thursday, Jan. 20, with one count of second-degree promoting prostitution, which is a

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The personal-injury lawyer for one rider who filed suit after a T bus fender-bender now is backing away from his client.“We are dropping the case,” attorney Timothy Roche of Dane Shulman Associates said yesterday after viewing MBTA video footage apparently showing his client and several other passengers barely flinching as a Route 28 bus is sideswiped by a car Nov. 27 in Roxbury.The Herald in a

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Video Update: Arrests Made

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CHICAGO (CBS) – The Chicago Transit Authority will soon be keeping a closer eye on you, and your safety, if you ride the ‘L.’As CBS 2’s Susanna Song reports, new high-definition cameras will be installed in many train cars. So if you have ever felt nervous about pickpockets or other criminals hanging out on the train or at ‘L’ and subway stations, this will be good news for you.The CTA will

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Jackson TWP, Ohio — The Jackson Township School Board of Education approved the installation of digital cameras and DVRs on all buses and school vans at its monthly meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010. The cameras will provide three views of a bus or van, front, rear, and stairwell as well as track the speed of the bus.Each camera has enough storage to record up to two weeks and then the recordings

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The Municipal Transportation Agency's latest victim of its budget crisis: drivers.San Francisco's transit agency is asking parking control to write even more parking tickets for drivers around town. The agency is disappointed that its budgeted $99 million in parking ticket revenue has fallen by $7 million.The Chronicle gives the breakdown of the MTA's next targets, which include residential

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You should practise smiling on the bus — Grand River Transit still intends to install surveillance cameras on its buses, later this year.The cameras, now common in transit systems, are meant to deter crime and enhance security. But the transit service has delayed activating them, after critics complained that regional council never consulted the public and has no surveillance policy, saying who

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Link to News Story

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A 19-year-old woman sleeping on an LRT platform was allegedly raped by a 15-year-old as his friend provided a lookout -- a crime police say they solved quickly with the help of high-definition cameras recently installed at the station.The sexual assault happened at 3:40 a.m. Sunday at the Heritage station during a two-hour break in train service."This particular incident is extremely rare for

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By SABRA GERTSCH and KOMO STAFFA pregnant teen says she feared for her baby after she and her boyfriend were attacked by a group of four girls and a woman on a Metro bus last month, and it was all captured on the bus' security camera.Jessica -- we're not revealing her last name -- was riding on the packed No. 358 bus in Seattle's Belltown neighborhood during the evening rush hour on Nov. 19.

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(Source: CTA Tattler)As 2010 winds to a close, thefts on the CTA remain a big problem.Thefts on the CTA in Chicago overall have increased 13.5% this year through November compared to the same period last year. CTA Tattler first reported this alarming trend earlier this year. Thefts on trains and buses went up 16.5% this year, with 160 more reported incidents over last year. Last year through

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The CamPX MicroDome is the latest addition to our portfolio of innovative and cost-competitive IP cameras," explains Fabrizio Colciago, chief technology officer for March Networks. "With Pixim's Seawolf chip as the base, we are pleased to deliver the industry's first WDR camera able to produce accurate color in "near-dark" conditions, and expect it to compete aggressively in the market." "March

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Almost to a person they say they’ve have been afraid of violent passengers on London Transit buses and all applaud plans to add security cameras next year.Patricia Sturgeon says she’s gotten off a London Transit bus before her intended stop a few times because she feared for her safety.It’s not just one sort of passenger who becomes aggressive, she said.“I even witnessed an elderly woman try to

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After a long legislative battle, the MTA wants you to know about the automated enforcement that will be keeping Select Bus Service lanes clear of traffic.“Good News,” trumpets an e-mail blast sent out by the MTA yesterday. “New York City and the MTA have teamed up to use cameras to strictly enforce designated bus-only lanes and help speed trips for bus riders.” The message went out to what

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Port Authority police handled more than 50 violent incidents involving transit drivers and passengers over the past five years, and records show drivers were the alleged victims in almost all cases.But authority police say driver Anthony DiDolce, 47, of Coraopolis was the aggressor in a fight on a bus about 9:30 p.m. Friday in the North Side. It was at least the second incident this year in which

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WESTERLY - A new school bus camera system could reduce the number of motorists who pass buses illegally at stops - and bring the town as much as $129,600 in estimated revenue, if installed on eight buses.Representatives of SmartBus Live, a Providence-based private surveillance firm, offered their no-cost services to the Westerly School Committee on Wednesday night. The cameras are already used by

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The Mumbai Metro is deploying a realtime, mobile wireless video surveillance network, the first transit agency in India to do so. The network will broadcast text messages and provide onboard video surveillance to passenger information displays.Currently under construction, the three-line, high-capacity rapid transit system will span 40 miles in Mumbai, the financial capital of India. The first

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An employee who worked for an inter-city bus company complained that his employer was using 22 video cameras installed in a city bus depot to monitor and manage employee performance.1 The employee claimed there were no signs or notices in the bus depot advising employees or the public about the video surveillance. The employee alleged that his employer was collecting individuals' personal

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Officials in some Manitoba school divisions are pushing for the province to install new, technologically-savvy cameras on school buses to snare motorists who fail to stop when the vehicles are picking up or dropping off children. A study done by the Seven Oaks School Division over 16 days in June showed that 65 drivers didn't stop for school buses that had their stop lights and boom arms engaged.

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The East Moline School District is considering joining six other Rock Island County school districts that equip their school buses with video cameras. Districts that have bus cameras said they serve as a deterrent and provide a record to resolve allegations. East Moline acting superintendent Kristin Humphries plans to recommend the school board purchase cameras for a third of the district's 33

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City councillors endorsed a draft policy yesterday that will see all Mississauga Transit buses equipped with security cameras by the end of 2011.The first to sport the devices will be newly-branded MiWay buses due to start hitting the road next month.“Video/audio surveillance has become common in the transit industry,” Martin Powell, the City of Mississauga’s commissioner of transportation and

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The Homeland Security Department’s Science and Technology Directorate is developing cameras that could serve as “black boxes” for mass transit.The forensic cameras will include memory chips strong enough to withstand bombings, fires or floods, said Stephen Dennis, the directorate’s deputy director for innovation. Two companies — Videology Inc. of Grenville, R.I., and Visual Defence-USA Inc. of

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