School Bus Security
ATU Supports
1) Federal initiatives to address security threats facing the school bus industry, including training programs for school bus drivers and maintenance employees; and
2) Federal funding for school bus security initiatives, including employee training programs.
Like employees in all other transportation modes in the post-9/11 environment, school bus employees must now face the very real threat of terrorist attack against their vehicles, students and the schools they service.
Schools and school buses offer several of the traits that terrorists often seek when they select targets: (1) they are soft targets; (2) school violence incidents garner considerable media attention; and (3) acts of terrorism involving children grip parents with fear for their children's safety causing significant reactions across the country.
It is crucial that school bus employees, including drivers and maintenance employees, know how to respond to an incident aboard their vehicle, at a bus stop, at the schools they service, or on the roads they travel. In addition, they must know how to recognize potential threats and respond appropriately.
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