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All 535 Winnipeg buses will be equipped with security cameras by the end of 2009, officials said yesterday. They hope the cameras will make buses safer because bullies, vandals and violent passengers will know they are being recorded and could be prosecuted.
Transit director Dave Wardrop kicked off the media event by touting how the "five vandal-resistant, high-resolution cameras" will improve safety for drivers and 150,000 daily transit riders."We won't be doing ongoing monitoring of drivers using this information, that's not the intent," pledged Wardrop. He also stressed the audio recording will only pick up "elevated sound levels," not ordinary conversations.See the full content of this document
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City Beefs Up Transit Security
All 535 buses to get cameras by late '09
SMILE, you're on transit camera.All 535 Winnipeg buses will be equipped with security cameras by the e...See the full content of this document
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