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BOSTON (WBZ NewsRadio) — Just days after the Boston City Council passed an order to adopt a state law allowing the city to install school bus cameras, the topic is scheduled to be discussed further at a City Council meeting on Wednesday.
Councilors Enrique Pepén and John FitzGerald are behind the proposal to install cameras on public school buses that would help police track down and identify drivers who ignore stopped buses.
Governor Maura Healey signed a law last week allowing school districts to deploy the camera detection systems.
Boston residents who spoke with WBZ NewsRadio reporter Chris Fama on Tuesday morning in Hyde Park's Wolcott Square all said they fully support cameras on buses, believing it to be "a good idea."
"For the safety of our children? Absolutely," one resident said.
Another said there should be cameras on school buses "in every community."
With state law allowing school districts to install bus-mounted cameras, it's now up to cities and towns to formally adopt the new law to start using the new technology.
A pilot program in Peabody recently captured 850 drivers who ignored stopped school buses in just five weeks.
Salem is another community that also has a similar pilot program in place.
Boston appears to be following down that same path.
WBZ NewsRadio's Chris Fama (@CFamaWBZ) reports.