ST. PAUL, Minn. – The state Public Safety Department awarded $3.5 million in grants to 32 schools and school bus companies to install stop-arm cameras to catch drivers who ignore stop-arm signals. systems. The grants are the first phase of awards. Among recipients:
> Faribault Transportation Services (Rice County), $77,000.
> Held Bus Service (Goodhue, Rice, Dodge and Steele counties), $35,000.
> Fillmore Central Schools (Fillmore County), $30,000.
> Grisim School Bus (Stewartville), $ 29,000.
> Kasson-Mantorville Schools (Dodge Mower and Olmsted counties), $9,700.
> Triton Schools (Dodge Center), $9,600.
Stop arm violations
In the past five years, police cited more than 4,600 drivers for stop-arm violations.
2017: 1,120
2018: 1,075
20=9: 1,176
2020: 513
2021: 769