RE:RE:Gatekeeper direct competitors & pricing info You forgot to mention BusPatrol. They have been landing some contracts lately. They are formerly ForceMultipler, a Dallas based outfit which had major fraud allegations associated with it. BusPatrol bought them out and their related products and equipment. Their have a revenue sharing model I believe. So, free equipment/installation etc but they make their money back through tickets. I asked Doug about them and he said he is not concerned by them. He said that from what he has heard, BusPatrol is funded on a mountain of debt and we are diversified where they are not. (These are not direct quotations)
GSI was also mildly attacked in a recent article a few months back. This was brought to Doug's attention, he claimed it was fabricated by one of our competitors, (I assume Busptrol) and a retraction/correction would be made...?
https://nowhabersham.com/habersham-boe-explores-adding-stop-arm-cameras-to-all-county-buses/
There were also these
https://www.riley-legal.com/thedrivingrecord/2019/8/25/government-watchdog-warns-of-maryland-school-bus-camera-impropriety
https://medium.com/@kevinjshay44/bribing-for-camera-cash-5a50f1d02c16
I am very wary of this BusPatrol outfit. This is maybe a little off topic regarding Gsi but I still thought it was interesting.
HenoftheWoods wrote: To recap:
Our direct school bus competitors are:
REI Camera Systems
Seon Camera Systems (also integrating with Rosco backup camera)
Safety Vision Camera Systems
Angeltrax Camera Systems
Pro Vision Camera Systems
This gives an idea how fragmented the sector is.
Of these, only:
REI Camera Systems
Seon Camera Systems
Pro Vision Camera Systems
have stop arm camera kits.
Hen