Realizing the importance of specific school bus security training for both drivers and student riders, school districts are implementing training specific to bus hijackings or active shooter situations.

If an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, the preventive driver and student training advised by security experts with law enforcement experience could save lives onboard a school bus.

Editor’s note: Protective intelligence is defined as the training of people in how to spot behaviors and communications that indicate a potential target is being surveilled prior to an attack. School buses are considered “soft targets,” because they are mobile, difficult to protect, and are highly vulnerable to a variety of attack methods.

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. — Transfinder Corp., the leading developer of school bus routing software sand logistics solutions in North America, has been named a “Best Company to Work For in New York State” for a second time.

A series of bombings in the city of Austin, Texas, this month, put residents and police on high alert. It also complicated school schedules and student transportation.

As an increasing number of students across the country bring weapons to school or threaten violence on social media, law enforcement and school districts stress vigilance and emergency procedures on school buses and at campuses.

WESTFIELD, IND. — IMMI’s SafeGuard, the most trusted supplier of lap-shoulder belts for school buses, announced that its SafeGuard BTI seat is now available. “School districts’ transportation needs change, but with BTI seating, so can their buses.”

A school security expert and career law enforcement officer said a vital piece of the puzzle missing in the national debate over school shootings is training students on how to survive an incident.