Niagara school buses to be equipped with video cameras

The public and catholic school boards in Niagara will have school bus routes equipped with video cameras for the new school year.

There will be interior-facing and exterior-facing cameras in an effort to provide an additional tool for student safety and security.

The Niagara Student Transportation service says the first few weeks of school there will 10 buses with video surveillance, and by the end of December there will be 100. There will be a sign on the outside of the bus and a sign inside the bus at the front to alert parents of which buses have the cameras.

In July, Halton proposed a pilot project to have cameras on school buses in their region as well.