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|Website=https://buspatrol.com
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|Description=BusPatrol uses AI security cameras inside school buses to scan for vehicles that engage in traffic violations.
|Description=BusPatrol uses AI security cameras inside school buses to scan for vehicles that engage in traffic violations.
}}[https://buspatrol.com '''BusPatrol'''] is an AI surveillance and law enforcement aiding business. They make cameras that are installed in school buses that use Artificial Intelligence to detect traffic violations of nearby vehicles. Incidents are reviewed by a human and are then forwarded to the local relevant law enforcement agency.
}}[[BusPatrol]] is an AI surveillance and law enforcement aiding business. They make cameras that are installed in school buses that use Artificial Intelligence to detect traffic violations of nearby vehicles incidents are reviewed by a human and are then forwarded to the local relevant law enforcement agency.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-05-07 |title=How Automated Stop-Arm Enforcement Programs Work {{!}} BusPatrol |url=https://buspatrol.com/stop-arm-overview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260414201824/https://buspatrol.com/stop-arm-overview/ |archive-date=2026-04-14 |access-date=2026-05-07 |website=BusPatrol}}</ref>


==Consumer-impact summary==
==Consumer-impact summary==
 
====User Privacy====
*User freedom
School buses equipped with [[BusPatrol]]'s Automated Stop-Arm Enforcement collect "valuable data every time they stick out their stop signs".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Duncan |first=Byard |date=2026-04-14 |title=BusPatrol School Bus Traffic Tickets Have Limited Safety Benefits, Critics Say  Bloomberg |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-04-14/buspatrol-school-bus-traffic-tickets-have-limited-safety-benefits-critics-say |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/DNMyi |archive-date=2026-04-14 |access-date=2026-05-27 |website=Bloomberg}}</ref>
*User privacy: BusPatrol essentially turns school buses into roaming ALPRs.<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 May 2026 |title=‘BusPatrol’ Put AI Cameras in Tens of Thousands of School Buses. Now They Want to Give Cops Access |url=https://www.404media.co/buspatrol-put-ai-cameras-in-tens-of-thousands-of-school-buses-now-they-want-to-give-cops-access/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260527100341/https://www.404media.co/buspatrol-put-ai-cameras-in-tens-of-thousands-of-school-buses-now-they-want-to-give-cops-access/ |archive-date=27 May 2026 |access-date=27 May 2026 |website=404media}}</ref>
*Business model
*Market control


==Incidents==
==Incidents==
{{Ph-C-Inc}}
This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]].
This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]].
===Example incident one (''date'')===
===Turn all existing installed cameras into ALPR cameras (''2026-05-26'')===
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{{Main|link to the main CR Wiki article}}
Short summary of the incident (could be the same as the summary preceding the article).
In May 2026 [[BusPatrol]] announced their plans to add ALPR to all of their existing installed AI powered cameras. With 40,000 buses across 24 states this would turn these cameras from target surveillance of traffic violators to dragnet style mass surveillance. Similar to [[Flock license plate readers|Flock ALPR Cameras]] this data would be given to law enforcement without the need for a warrant. "Internally, BusPatrol has acknowledged how controversial its plan to collect and share this data is, pointing specifically to concerns about ICE using license plate data, but emphasizes the likely success of selling the angle of protecting children."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cox |first=Joseph |date=2026-05-26 |title=‘BusPatrol’ Put AI Cameras in Tens of Thousands of School Buses. Now They Want to Give Cops Access |url=https://www.404media.co/buspatrol-put-ai-cameras-in-tens-of-thousands-of-school-buses-now-they-want-to-give-cops-access/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/o/hgSOT/ |archive-date=2026-05-26 |access-date=2026-05-27 |website=404media}}</ref>
===Example incident two (''date'')===
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==Products==
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==See also==
 
* [[Flock Safety]]


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 03:46, 28 May 2026

BusPatrol
Basic information
Founded 2017-07-24
Legal Structure LLC
Industry Cameras, Security, Educational technology
Also known as
Official website https://buspatrol.com

BusPatrol is an AI surveillance and law enforcement aiding business. They make cameras that are installed in school buses that use Artificial Intelligence to detect traffic violations of nearby vehicles incidents are reviewed by a human and are then forwarded to the local relevant law enforcement agency.[1]

Consumer-impact summary

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User Privacy

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School buses equipped with BusPatrol's Automated Stop-Arm Enforcement collect "valuable data every time they stick out their stop signs".[2]

Incidents

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This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the BusPatrol category.

Turn all existing installed cameras into ALPR cameras (2026-05-26)

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Main article: link to the main CR Wiki article

In May 2026 BusPatrol announced their plans to add ALPR to all of their existing installed AI powered cameras. With 40,000 buses across 24 states this would turn these cameras from target surveillance of traffic violators to dragnet style mass surveillance. Similar to Flock ALPR Cameras this data would be given to law enforcement without the need for a warrant. "Internally, BusPatrol has acknowledged how controversial its plan to collect and share this data is, pointing specifically to concerns about ICE using license plate data, but emphasizes the likely success of selling the angle of protecting children."[3]

References

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  1. "How Automated Stop-Arm Enforcement Programs Work | BusPatrol". BusPatrol. 2026-05-07. Archived from the original on 2026-04-14. Retrieved 2026-05-07.
  2. Duncan, Byard (2026-04-14). "BusPatrol School Bus Traffic Tickets Have Limited Safety Benefits, Critics Say Bloomberg". Bloomberg. Archived from the original on 2026-04-14. Retrieved 2026-05-27.
  3. Cox, Joseph (2026-05-26). "'BusPatrol' Put AI Cameras in Tens of Thousands of School Buses. Now They Want to Give Cops Access". 404media. Archived from the original on 2026-05-26. Retrieved 2026-05-27.