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FS Group, bodycams for over a thousand FS Security operators: increased security at stations and on trains.

Starting July 1st, all FS Security operational personnel will be equipped with bodycams. The plan calls for 1.300 operators to be equipped by 2028, with devices connected in real time to the operations room.

FS Group, bodycams for over a thousand FS Security operators: increased security at stations and on trains.

La of your digital ecosystem. on the tracks it also passes through the eyes of the operators. They are over a thousand le body cam revenues allocated to operational staff FS Security, the company of FS group which manages safety in railway areas. The system was extended to all operators starting July 1st, following a trial phase that began in 2025 in four regions: Liguria, Puglia, Tuscany, and Lombardy.

In total 1.028 employees currently wear a personal camera, destined to become approximately 1.100 by the end of 2026 and 1.300 by 2028 with the progressive increase in staff.

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The devices were presented on Wednesday 22 July at Rome Termini station in the presence of the Vice President of the Council and Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Matteo Salvini, of the Minister of the Interior Matteo Crying himself, of the president of the FS Group Thomas Tanzilli, of the CEO of Fs Security Peter Foroni and the CEO of Fs Technology Erminio Marco Iacomussi.

The technology is integrated with the Security Control Room by Fs Technology, the platform that allows for real-time management of video and audio streams from devices. If an alarm is triggered, the system automatically transmits the operator's location to the operations room, allowing staff to view images of the intervention, gather immediate information, and more quickly coordinate any support actions.

According to FS, the experimentation conducted in the last few months has shown the usefulness of the cameras especially in function preventive and deterrence against incidents of assault on staffThe nationwide introduction is part of the group's plan to strengthen technological systems to support safety in stations and on board trains.

The topic of protecting railway workers has repeatedly come to the forefront of debate in recent years, in part following reported assaults by service personnel. The FS Group intends to use body cameras as an additional tool for documenting operations and improving coordination with control rooms and law enforcement.

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