New cameras have been installed on Colorado Springs city buses.
/ FOX21: Sade Malloy
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. -- Mountain Metropolitan Transit (MMT), the Transit Service Division of the City of Colorado Springs, is beefing up security on city buses and ADA paratransit vehicles.
MMT added eight security cameras per bus, three on the outside and five on the inside, that record both video and audio.
"The real value of the camera is a deterrent for inappropriate behavior that my happen on a bus," Craig Blewitt, Transit Service Division Manager, said.
Safety is MMT's number one priority, and while they haven't had any major issues, they're constantly trying to provide a safe environment for riders.
And according to local bus riders, bad behavior is the only real complaint.
"You'll get some people on the bus maybe under the influence of alcohol and don't know how to behave themselves," Gregory Perry, Colorado Springs bus rider, said.
The cameras were a recommendation from the Department of Homeland Security and paid for by a $478,000 federal stimulus grant.
The security video has already been pulled twice by the Colorado Springs Police Department for two car crashes, one that involved a city bus that was hit by a drunk driver.
The eye in the sky is also a good way to make sure drivers are not bypassing customers and following the rules of the road.
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