SchoolBusEnforcementCameras

ANewBusinessModel
Fiscal Management Committee Meeting
May 9, 2016

TheProblem
ItisestimatedthatMCPSbusesarepassedillegally800to1,200
timeseachschoolday.
Eachillegaleventcreatespotentialdangerforstudents.
Thisisanationalepidemic.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Rockville, Maryland

TheCurrentPractice
Enactmentofstateandlocallegislationallowsautomated
enforcement.
MontgomeryCountyPolicepartneredwithMCPSandXeroxto
operate25enforcementcameras.
Thesecamerasgenerateapproximately1,000ticketsannually.
Thereisreasontobelievethesecamerasmissmanyviolations.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Rockville, Maryland

TheNewSolution
MontgomeryCountyPolicewere
approachedbyForceMultiplierSolutions,Inc.(FXS).
FXS hasaverydifferentbusinessmodel.

Outfittheentirefleet.
Enforcementcameraoneverybus.
LiveandrecordedGPSoneverybus.
Liveandrecordedinsideandoutsidecamerasoneverybus.
VoiceoverIPconnectiontoeverybus.
Panicbuttononeverybus.

FundedentirelybyfinesnocosttoMCPSorMontgomeryCounty
Police.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Rockville, Maryland

TheNewSolution(continued)
MCPSwillbridgeacompetitivelybidcontract.
Untilinitialequipmentoutlayisrecovered,100percentoffineswill
bepaidtoFXS.
Thisperiodisexpectedtolast24years,dependingonthevolume
oftickets.
Aftertheinitialperiod,revenuewillbesplit50/50.
Violationmoneywillbecollectedbythevendor,depositedin
MontgomeryCountylockbox,reconciledbyMontgomeryCounty
Police,transferredtoMCPSenterprisefund,andpaidtothe
vendor.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Rockville, Maryland

Questions&Answers

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MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Rockville, Maryland