NJ Transit Defends Use Of Audio Surveillance On Some Trains
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Transit is defending its use of audio surveillance systems on some of its trains.
Audio and video recording currently is in use on the River Line between Trenton and Camden and will be in use on light rail trains in Newark and in Hudson County.
At Tuesday's board meeting, interim NJ Transit executive director Dennis Martin said the agency is using whatever tools at its disposal to keep passengers safe, and cited global terror attacks that have targeted mass transit systems.
Martin says no laws are being violated.
Rail rider groups and civil liberties advocates have raised privacy issues.
NJ Transit says its buses also are equipped with similar surveillance systems but those have to be activated by the driver.
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