BusPatrol Fact Sheet 2023 Keeping Children Safe in New York State BusPatrol School Bus Safety Program—Keeping Children Safe in New York State
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WHO WE ARE BusPatrol is the leading provider of school bus safety programs in North America. We partner with school districts, municipalities, and law enforcement to implement safety programs that protect millions of children going to and from school each day. Our programs are proven to reduce the rate of illegal passings by up to 30% YoY. BusPatrol is the only vendor to offer full-fleet deployment of safety technology at no cost to the school, municipality, or taxpayer. BusPatrol safety programs include automated enforcement technology such as AI-powered stoparm cameras to help communities enforce school bus stopping laws and change driver behavior for good. The technology, installation, and maintenance are all provided at zero cost through our violator-funded program.
OUR MISSION Every year, motorists illegally pass stopped school buses 17 million times, putting the lives and safety of children at risk.* In New York State, an estimated 50,000 drivers violate school bus stopping laws every day.* Our mission is to make the journey to and from school safer for students everywhere. Through education and enforcement, we aim to deter drivers from illegally passing stopped school buses to bring the number of violations down to zero.
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FULL COVERAGE
SAFETY FIRST
Violators pay for the program, not students, parents, or school districts!
Equip every bus to protect every child, whatever their zip code.
Safety is about more than issuing tickets. BusPatrol educates drivers to change behavior.
*NYS Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee
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THE MOST TRUSTED AND DEPLOYED SCHOOL BUS SAFETY PROGRAM BusPatrol is the most trusted and deployed school bus safety program in North America. BusPatrol’s automated enforcement program is deployed on almost 15,000 school buses across North America. In New York, BusPatrol‘s safety program is deployed on a growing fleet of more than 6,500 school buses, protecting an estimated 330,000 students across the state.
BusPatrol in New York State AWARDED CONTRACTS
Albany County
City of Niagara Falls
Dutchess County
Rensselaer County
City of Glen Cove
City of Rensselaer
Suffolk County School Bus Safety Program
Town of Hempstead
Rockland County
City of North Tonawanda
LIVE AND INSTALLING
Monroe County
Village of Kiryas Joel
6,500+
Town of North Hempstead
* 330,000
City of Long Beach
100+
*Students calculated by 50 students per bus.
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BUSPATROL SAFETY PARTNER TESTIMONIALS
What do our New York safety partners say?
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Even one student injured or worse due to reckless driving is too many. Through our partnership with BusPatrol, we are holding dangerous drivers accountable and creating safer roadways for everyone.”
“Since the implementation of the BusPatrol program, traffic violations involving our school buses have declined precipitously, leading to the increased safety of our children.” GREGORY SANDERS
DANIEL P. MCCOY
Police Officer Southold Town Police Department
Albany County Executive
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From the cameras to artificial intelligence systems that interpret the data, to informing and educating the public and students, their ongoing efforts make buses safer. This is all designed to affect behavior change and reduce school bus passes. It’s done with professionalism and the idea of protecting our most precious cargo, the students.“ RICHARD GALLAGHER
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As a company with prior experience using other camera systems, BusPatrol has been the best by far. Customer Service has a fast response time and is very helpful and professional. The system is easy to use and the video quality is sharp and clear. My favorite feature is going “live” when the buses are rolling. Most importantly, this system is great for both safety and accountability for everyone.“
Director of Transportation Bay Shore Union Free School District
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CHRISTINE MANCARI
Manager Niagara Falls Coach Lines
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BUSPATROL’S SCHOOL BUS SAFETY PROGRAM IN ACTION—CASE STUDIES
Suffolk County Deploying the largest school bus safety program in America 70 school district
225,000 students protected
4,500 school buses
60-day education campaign across TV, radio, print & social media
In Suffolk County, NY, we launched the largest school bus safety program in America to date, with more than 70 participating school districts. The program start date was preceded by an education campaign and warning period. This included road signage, an extensive PSA campaign across TV, radio, print, and social media, and school-based outreach and student driver education, to raise awareness about the danger of stop-arm violations and the start of the new Safety Program.
Media campaign for widespread awareness & increased safety Television & Cable News
Local Radio Stations
Micro Papers (Long Island)
Not passing a stop school bus has been a law for years, and because people ignore that we now have cameras on the buses. There should be no grace period. If I people right thing begin with there the would be no need Excellent! don’twere knowdoing what the happened on to Long Island (besides obvious) for these cameras over the past 2 years but the negligent, aggressive and speeding driving has
become prevalent.
I don’t know whether to cheer, or be terrified. As a parent, if ANYONE speeds passed my child’s bus while the stop sign is out, I’ll be sure to follow them out.
Spanish Radio
Social Media & Digital
Not passing a stop school bus has been a law for years, and because people ignore that we now have cameras on the buses. There should be no grace period. If people were doing the right thing to begin with there would be no need for these cameras
This is the only ticket camera I’m all for. Keep children safe.
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MEET OUR PROGRAM MANAGEMENT TEAM BusPatrol‘s safety program, processes, and enforcement platform were created through collaboration with police departments and sheriff’s offices, resulting in a product dedicated to community safety. Our program management team is comprised of police chiefs, highway patrol officers, lieutenants, and commanders. By working with BusPatrol, you will be supported by former LEOs who understand the importance of traffic safety and school bus safety laws.
RICHARD HETHERINGTON
COREY FENLEY
Director of Program Management
Program Manager in New York State
Previous Civilian Manager at Montgomery County Police Department (MD) and Assistant Chief of Police at Frederick Police Department (MD)
Previous Highway Patrol and Collision Investigation with New York Police Department (NY)
TOM DIDONE
DAVID GOLD
Program Manager in North Carolina
Program Manager in Pennsylvania
Previous Assistant Chief of Police, Director of the Traffic Division at Montgomery County Police Department (MD)
David Gold transitioned into law enforcement from the United States Army and has more than 26 years of experience as a police officer.
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