£ Left: Seon cameras on the dash of a white-fleet vehicle in the bus lot of Tempe (Ariz.) Elementary School District can monitor activity during off hours. Above: This view of the bus lot is shown via Seon’s viewing software interface.
used retrospectively, but with advance- ments in technology and services, it has been used more prospectively, he explained. First Student has a national agree- ment with Tyco Integrated Security (formerly ADT) for security system support. Te company is piloting tech- nology from Tyco’s business partner, Videofied, which has an integrated solution that incorporates a variety of specific security elements. Te system is a cost-effective solution for remote lots, and it can be activated and moni- tored remotely. First Student is also piloting a
program that uses GPS geo-fencing around a bus lot. “Any bus movement that breach-
es the geo fence is immediately sent to a location manager’s phone. Tis safeguard helps with the risk of a stolen bus or monitoring of after-hour charter activity,” Ennis added. “Tis is a good example of layered security protection.”
IP, CLOUD AND MOBILE APPS Greg Tomasko, Honeywell Secu-
rity Group regional sales manager, said school districts are allocating more budget dollars for information technology (IT) and investing in new security systems that are more IT-cen- tric. A Chicago-based school recently upgraded its video security system, switching from analog based to an IP- based (Internet Protocol) system.
“Tey've seen the benefit of going
with IP,” Tomasko remarked. “Tat's what's interesting about school districts — video is usually the most demanded security solution because video is universally understood, and when used as evidence, it's typically ‘case closed.’ Te motion detector goes off, and police are called. Ten the question is: Something happened, can I see it? Te video drives the case.” Increasingly, customers want either high-definition or Blu-ray technology, he said, but there is even greater demand for instant access to live video. Te most frequently asked question by far is: Do you have an app for that? Te answer is yes. Honeywell's new
MAXPRO Mobile app works with the company's latest recording systems, MAXPRO NVRs and MAXPRO Cloud, to provide instant access to video footage when an alarm or other sensor is activated. "Te camera can record incidents
and store locally in hard drives, or it can send video to the ‘Cloud’ to be backed up onto secure servers, if the customer wants to invest in setting that up. Tat's the latest technology," Tomasko added.
NEW USES FOR OLDER TECHNOLOGY
Lori Jetha, marketing communica-
tions manager for Seon Design Inc., noted that more student transportation clients are leveraging existing mobile
surveillance products by using interior bus cameras and motion detection sensors to monitor bus yards. “We have a number of customers
that are triggering their on-board surveillance cameras to start record- ing based on motion detection after hours. Others are depending on the dash-mounted, forward-facing cameras to capture events on the lot,” said Jetha. In addition, Seon DVRs have a wake-up feature that can be triggered by a door opening or movement in the bus entryway, so they turn on and record. Some First Student locations are also utilizing the motion sensors contained in the Child Check-Mate System, originally designed to remind drivers to check that all students have disem- barked the bus after runs, noted Jetha. “Tere were a couple of cases of
school bus battery theft,” she recalled. “Tey (First Student) were looking at a quick solution to capture what was happening on the bus, to get pictures of who was on the bus after hours.” Chris Shigley, sales manager at
Radio Engineering Industries, said mobile video surveillance systems are also employed to monitor school buses not in service. “Our HD 800 DVR system con- nects with one to eight cameras on a school bus, inside and out. Not only can you watch the inside of the bus but the exterior as well,” he stated. “It can capture people walking around the bus after hours if the system is triggered æ
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