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Newsby StaffMarch 22, 2011

Student charged with felony for bomb threat

Police say that a school bus driver saw the 11-year-old boy on the bus with a device that resembled a bomb, and that the driver heard the boy threaten to detonate it on the bus or in a school. SWAT teams determine that there are no explosives on the device, but police take the boy into custody.

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Newsby StaffMarch 17, 2011

Boy attacked by moose near bus stop

A 6-year-old boy is taken to a medical center to receive treatment for a head injury he sustains after he is charged by a moose upon exiting his school bus. The boy's mother was waiting near the bus stop in her car.

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Newsby StaffMarch 17, 2011

School bus driver charged for texting while driving

Police charge Evelyn Guzman with risk of injury to a minor and reckless endangerment. Footage from the surveillance camera on her bus allegedly shows her texting; police believe Guzman sent and received 1,068 text messages while operating a bus between April 6 and May 15, 2010.

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Newsby StaffMarch 15, 2011

Police search for men who harassed children at bus stop

The men approach a 5-year-old girl and 9-year-old boy in a car after following the bus they had been riding. The children ask the men why they were following the bus; one reportedly says it is because he is "a rapist."

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Newsby StaffMarch 3, 2011

Rhode Island family challenges school bus monitor bill

New legislation would eliminate the state's requirement for monitors to be on all school buses for kindergartners up to fifth-graders. The Pendergasts, whose daughter was struck and killed by her own school bus in 1985, are in favor of preserving the mandate, saying that monitors help to increase student safety.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 17, 2011

Seon Design introduces mobile surveillance system package

The solution includes fleet management software, a DVR, and video and recorded data management software.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 8, 2011

Alabama student arrested for bringing handgun on bus

The high school student shows the firearm to several middle school students, who report the incident to police. The student is also suspended and faces possible expulsion.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 26, 2011

Student arrested for school bus bomb threat

The eighth-grader tells the other students on his school bus that he has a bomb, and firefighters and police are called in and evacuate the students. Authorities confirm that the threat was false, and the student is taken into custody.

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Articlesby Thomas McMahonJanuary 18, 2011

Focus on Safety — In and Out of the Bus

At the NASDPTS conference, state directors discuss enhancing school bus security and reducing pedestrian fatalities, among other topics.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 13, 2011

Driver arrested for bringing gun on school bus

Police arrest the school bus driver after students on the bus alert school officials to the situation. The driver, who worked on an as-needed basis, had not received a background check; he now faces firearms charges.

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