Polk County Public Schools plans to revise its contract with a company providing security cameras on school buses after a report suggested the payment structure might violate a state law.. The ...

His office will work with Polk County Public Schools on the district’s new bus camera program. By next school year, all of the county’s more than 500 school buses will have stop arm cameras ...

Looking at Polk County specifically, the school district confirmed it did a 'one-day' count test on May 1 and saw 700 violations of the school bus safety law. In April 2023, a similar test counted ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — Sheriff Grady Judd and Polk County Public Schools Superintendent Frederick Heid unveiled a school safety initiative Wednesday aimed at keeping students safe while they ...

LAKELAND, Fla. - Polk County Public Schools' Safe Stop program has come under scrutiny for potentially being out of compliance with state law. More than 500 school buses across Polk County this ...

Polk County Public Schools installed cameras on all buses to catch drivers illegally passing stopped school buses. Over 6,250 citations were issued in less than four months, generating over $1.4 ...

Just stop for the school bus,” said Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd. The stop-arm cameras will be operational on the first day of school on August 12. Citations will begin September 24.

Investigative Reporter Katie LaGrone is continuing to dig into Florida’s controversial new school bus camera program and learns one major school district just suspended the program all together.

That’s because despite Florida law that clearly states these bus camera fines must include instruction on how to contest a violation, we discovered, in Polk County, drivers who get fined for ...

A Seminole County daycare school bus driver was arrested on allegations of child abuse for leaving a 6-year-old asleep inside a hot bus after saying the bus was all clear, WFTV reports.