Assaults on school buses happen too frequently, but good policies and AI-enabled camera systems are helping to address the behaviors


Written by Carol Brzozowski


S 40 School Transportation News • MAY 2026


chool bus assaults create physical and emotional harm to the victim and lasting ramifications for the perpetrator and the driver. Case in point: News reports from Pleasant Hill, Iowa indicate the family of a 12-year-old is suing the Southeast Polk Community School


District, claiming the district mishandled an investigation into an incident of abuse on a school bus. In another case, police arrested Dominic Jimerson, 61, of New Britain,


Connecticut and charged him with 12 counts of risk of injury to a child after he allegedly failed to intervene while middle school students fought with and sexually assaulted other students on the school bus he was driving last Octo- ber. Jimerson’s employer, Dattco, did not return requests for comment. However, a School Transportation News Facebook post about the incident


drew a range of responses on how U.S. school district policies vary regarding school bus driver responsibility for handling such incidents. Many drivers are told not to intervene, per school district policy.


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