Upstate Strategic Advisors is pleased that our client, BusPatrol America, has signed an agreement with the City of Niagara Falls and the Niagara Falls School District to provide state-of-the-art stop-arm camera technology on every school bus in the city to protect children who are being picked up or dropped off for school.
Far too often reckless drivers ignore the flashing lights on school buses and illegally pass them putting children’s lives at risk. This program will use sophisticated video technology which the police will use to issue citations to the violators. Niagara Falls will be the first city in Upstate New York using this technology to protect their students.
From Niagara-Gazette.com — The city of Niagara Falls, the Falls School District, and Niagara Falls Coach Lines have inked a pact with a company that will bring safety camera technology to the district’s fleet of buses.
Mayor Robert Restaino announced the partnership with BusPatrol during a Thursday afternoon news conference. The contract was signed earlier in the day at city hall.
BusPatrol specializes in what is described as school bus safety technology. The company says its technology focuses on increasing bus safety through the use of data collection and video monitoring.
In practice, BusPatrol installs video cameras on the outside of school buses, typically on the bus’ stop-arm. The camera is activated each time a bus stops and the stop-arm is extended.