Okinawa On Board Vehicle Surveillance System (OBVSS)

The On-board Vehicle Surveillance System (OBVSS) is a digital bus video camera system with audio capability designed to record on board images and sound. These systems were installed on Department of Defense Dependents Schools Activity (DoDEA) Pacific South Elementary & Secondary Schools and Okinawa during the summer and early fall of 2014 and the systems were implemented during the school year of Sep 2014. Data captured by the OBVSS is transferred from the bus to a Student Transportation Office (STO) for review (of picture and sound) on a Government computer or laptop. Each bus is equipped with three or four cameras (the 14 and 18 passenger buses are equipped with three cameras (two cameras are equipped with microphones) – the other size buses equipped with four cameras (three cameras are equipped with microphones) with synchronized audio capability for monitoring passenger behavior on the bus and monitoring the loading and unloading of passengers. Periodically, buses are retired and/or replaced at different locations in Okinawa. This causes the need to remove the OBVSS equipment from the retired buses and to reinstall the OBVSS equipment on replacement buses.