Jeremiah Alvarado – The Eureka Springs School District buses recently received donation of a camera system to identify vehicles/drivers when a school bus is stopped and picking up or letting kids off. ESPD Lt. Al Frost worked hard to raise the money for the system with each camera system costing around $3,500. Officers from the ESPD donated $500 while Frost went to members of our community and raised the rest.
The system consists of three cameras situated on the side of the bus. One camera takes a picture of what is in front of the bus when it is stopped, another takes pictures of vehicles passing the bus and the last one takes pictures of a vehicle’s back license plate. The system will be used to identify vehicles that pass the bus illegally.
New buses cycled into the fleet will include the new camera system.