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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Public safety and Ed committee staff report. The process is explained in great detail in attached documents.

https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/council/Resources/Files/agenda/cm/2019/20190729/20190729_PSEC1.pdf

OIG report

https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/OIG/Resources/Files/PDF/IGActivity/FY2020/mcpd_mcps_bus_cameras_adv_memo_28_jun_2019.pdf

Vendor website. It’s very much in business:
http://buspatrol.com/

Here is a description of the camera system, including its GPS and accelerometer, which can determine how long and at what speed the yellow light has been activated. GPS receivers specifically track distance traveled over time to calculate speed. . So it knows how long the yellow lights are on and what distance was covered during their activation.

http://buspatrol.com/stop-arm-camera-safety-technology/

The law about activating yellow lights. It must be done 100 feet (at least) before activating the red lights.

https://law.justia.com/codes/maryland/2018/transportation/title-22/subtitle-2/section-22-228/

So if a bus has slowed to about 15 mph before its stop, and activates its yellow lights appropriately, the yellow lights will be on for approximately 5 seconds. And the camera equipment measures that, based on speed.

People just aren’t paying attention. Or they don’t care. 
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Sorry, wrong vendor.  MCPS has a contract with Force Multiplier Solutions.  They went out of business.  No contract with BusPatrol.

Try again.  [/quote]

Read the IG report before you spout off. That’s why I linked them. Your stubborn ignorance is exhausting. [/quote]

It says the contract was with Force Multiplier Solutions.  FBI shut them down.  MCPS met with guy taking kickbacks to cut deal. 
Citations not being paid. County getting royally ripped off.  Citizens being scammed. [/quote]

Then you clearly have reading comprehension issues. The report explains that Bus Patrol took over FMS contracts. Including the one with the county. You also missed the part about the vendor outfitting 1,400 buses upfront with millions of dollars of equipment at no cost to the county.  Zero cost.  Which is why the vendor gets all revenues until it breaks even.  If the county has paid up front, you’d be screaming about that.

The police department did hire three new employees to review the videos, and they are paid with tax revenues. About $250,000 a year total. That’s the only thing the tax payers of Montgomery county are paying for.

Read Andy Zuckerman’s letter on pages 29-30.

There are issues with the contract and the county is fixing those, and the program is undergoing a separate audit.  But there is no evidence of participation in illegal activity. And no issues raised about unpaid citations. No issues of missing money.[/quote]

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