OC installs surveillance cameras on buses

Anyone who gets that feeling someone might be watching as they ride an Ocean City transit system bus would be correct, to an extent. The resort has instituted a fleetwide bus camera surveillance program to capture video of incidents occurring inside or outside of public transportation vehicles.

Transit Manager Mark Rickards said the entire 64-bus fleet is now outfitted with security cameras.

“This is the first camera system for video monitoring or surveillance in our Ocean City bus system,” he said.

Rickards said eight cameras are installed in the 35- and 40-foot buses, with 60-foot articulating buses including a dozen and para-transit buses having a half dozen.

“This is basically exterior and interior cameras and a DVR, which is, of course, not real time,” he said. “If we have an instance where we need to view something that happened, we will have to pull the video and send it to the proper parties for review.”

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