Vehicle Video Cameras on fleet vehicles and Schol Bus Cameras on public and charter pupil transportation frequently face the same challenges for mounting locations of the DVR.

Some locations for mounting the DVRs are clearly better than others, but with the ever-changing configurations of the vehicle, you must be a little creative in some situations.

For example, some Private Service Contractor Charter Transport Compliance Bus Camera Systems are mounted under the seats, which is a really horrible location for several reasons. This is a difficult location to access the DVR for memory storage removal and the settings necessary to make the DVR recording usable as evidence. This provides close proximity to the passengers who can tamper with the systems, and when the buses are cleaned out at the end of the school year, they may be washed out or even pressure-washed. In one county, we sold a system to convicts that washed the buses inside with a high-pressure washer. They dia about $4,000 damage to the buses and instrument panels that had to be replaced due to the corrosive liquids used to clean the bus interiors.

Some specialty applications, such as Elderly Day Care Shuttle & Assisted Living Transportation Vehicle Video Camera systems, often require mounting DVRs in electrical access panels or overhead compartments. Because these new DVRs are 100% solid-state, they can be mounted securely in any position or orientation. They no longer have spinning platters used in conventional hard drives.

When managing fleets of Rural Area Ride Share Paratransit Vehicle Camera Recorder-equipped vehicles, keep in mind that, unlike school bus applications, most smaller vehicles do not have double-hull ceilings. You cannot use the heavy Armored turret cameras in these systems as the mounting screws will poke outside the roof sheet metal.
Rural shuttle transit vehicles typically use the surface-mount cameras, so they do not have that concern.


The same concerns apply to those working under federal Medicaid guidelines for patient transport. Medicaid Medical Transport In-Vehicle Surveillance Cameras are designed for smaller applications, and both mounting DVRs and cameras are easier to use than larger, heavier cameras for prison or school buses, which oddly share the same application need for tamper resistance.