involving students, she said transportation follows the district’s retention guidelines. For accidents, driver-related incidents, or situations involving law enforcement, video retention complies with both district policy and applicable legal requirements. Mahaffey explained that general storage is up to 30 days and requests to view video footage must be made within 10 days of the date of an incident. Recordings that were “downloaded to view for stu-
dent behavior or accidents then follow the necessary laws in applicable situations or until the investiga- tion into a reported incident has been completed and footage shown in any necessary meetings with staff, students, parents,” she said. Mahaffey also noted that while the district initially faced driver resistance to the new camera systems, the concerns were addressed through various meetings, “emphasizing that the cameras primarily track vehicle location, monitor performance during trips and provide crucial evidence for accidents, illegal passing and com- munity complaints,” she said. “We stressed that for drivers adhering to district
procedures and legal responsibilities, the cameras would ultimately benefit them,” she continued. “This has proven true. Footage has already prevented drivers from being cited in accidents and supported them against false claims. We strictly adhere to our video and audio recording policies and guidelines. This commitment to privacy and established protocols combined with the trust built between the drivers and myself has prevented any resignations or rejections of positions due to the in-vehicle recording.” Meanwhile, Samsara dash-cam footage is stored in
two places. Cameras record locally in a continuous loop, storing up to 300 hours of footage depending on the settings and in the cloud, where event-based or manu- ally requested footage is uploaded. Calden said districts can customize retention, anywhere from a few days to a several years based on operation or legal needs. “Once a clip’s retention period ends, it’s permanently
deleted, typically during a nightly process,” he added. “For long-term use, such as training or investigations, users can easily download and save clips from the dash- board.” John Weston, transportation supervisor for Fort Mills Schools in South Carolina, said footage from the Safety Vision cameras are stored locally on a DVR system individual to each bus. “Once the hard drive fills up, it will automatically overwrite the oldest footage,” he said, adding that cameras only record when the bus is running so it depends on how long the routes are before footage is lost, which he estimated is between
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