File #: ORD 20-051    Version: 1 Name: School Bus monitoring system
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 11/13/2020 In control: City Council
On agenda: 1/12/2021 Final action: 1/12/2021
Title: Consider enacting an ordinance Title 14 Chapter 2 of the Code of Ordinances, City of Harrisonburg, Virginia allowing a monitoring system to be installed on school buses that captures license plate images and associated information of unlawful passing of a stopped school bus
Attachments: 1. Memorandum, 2. Draft Ordinance, 3. Executed ordinance

Subject:

Title

Consider enacting an ordinance Title 14 Chapter 2 of the Code of Ordinances, City of Harrisonburg, Virginia allowing a monitoring system to be installed on school buses that captures license plate images and associated information of unlawful passing of a stopped school bus

Body

Presented By:  Chris Brown, City Attorney

Recommendation and Review

When a school bus stops and extends its “stop” sign and lights, it is essential for the safety of the students that vehicles traveling in both directions stop. Harrisonburg Police Department deploys officers to monitor and deter unlawful passing of school buses at those locations where it is possible but continues to receive complaints about drivers unlawfully passing stopped school buses. An automatic monitoring system installed on buses would allow HPD to ensure uniform enforcement across all school buses and bus stops in the city.