Bus beating prompts call for CCTV

Feb 20, 2004 12:00 PM

Duval County (Fla.) schools Superintendent John Fryer wants CCTV security cameras installed on all school buses after several Landon Middle School students beat another student on a school bus last week.
The upgrades are said to cost at least $500,000, The Florida Times-Union reports.
In the Feb. 4 incident in Jacksonville, a boy was pummeled by one student, then others, for about 30 seconds. Seven students have been suspended pending a school board investigation and a hearing. The beating was captured on video by a bus security camera.
Cameras on every school bus would offer proof of what really happened should a situation occur on a bus, Fryer said. Each camera would cost $500 to $900, plus the cost of installation, according to David Solomon, the school system's director of transportation.
Fryer said the school system hopes to tap into Safe Schools funding from the state to pay for the cameras.

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