How cameras on Hillsborough and Polk County are catching reckless drivers [Video]

TAMPA, Fla. – The company that installed new cameras on all Hillsborough County Public School (HCPS) buses said thousands of citations have already been written this school year for drivers who illegally passed stopped school buses.

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Virginia-based company BusPatrol installed roughly a dozen cameras inside and outside every HCPS bus in the district. 

BusPatrol staff uses artificial intelligence technology to quickly sift through all the video recorded by these new cameras to identify the license plates of drivers who illegally pass stopped school buses.

The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office then reviews the footage.

The first 30 days of the school year was a warning period for drivers. The system went live on Sept. 12, and citations were issued then.

Since then, BusPatrol said that over 6,500 motorists have been cited for illegally passing a stopped school bus in Hillsborough County.

“We …