Metro News Release

For immediate release: February 7, 2006

Metro Continues Installation of Video Cameras on Metrobuses

By this spring, nearly one third of Metro’s 1,451 buses will have automated video recording equipment, enabling cameras to view activities on Metrobuses.

Metro expects 525 Metrobuses will have video cameras in service and operating throughout the metropolitan region by sometime this spring. Currently, 348 Metrobuses have cameras, including 125 existing Metrobuses that just had video recording equipment installed. Metrobuses with video recording equipment are in all jurisdictions and usually are assigned to areas where there are reported incidents that require police action.

"The continued installation of video cameras on Metrobuses supports our bus operators by serving as a deterrent to criminal activity, assisting our police department in criminal and accident investigations," said Polly Hanson, Metro’s Chief of Police. "The cameras also save the Authority money from false claims brought against Metro.

"Everyone here Metro is sensitive to the concerns of bus operator safety and security," said Chief Hanson. "We want to assure our bus operators and our customers that we continue to do everything we can to enhance safety and security aboard our Metrobuses. For this to happen, we need our police partners, local communities and schools to be active partners in helping to reduce criminal activity on or near Metrobuses."

All new Metrobuses that enter the fleet have security cameras. This includes Metro’s continued ongoing bus delivery of its new Compressed Natural Gas buses (111 of 250 buses have been delivered) and its diesel electric hybrid buses (12 of 50 have been delivered).

News release issued on February 7, 2006.