Stop arm tickets funding new safety programs in Albany County

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- As students across the Capital Region prepare to head back to class, Albany County leaders are taking new actions to boost student safety.

Officials announced they will reimburse eligible students for taking defensive driving courses, establish a new youth violence prevention program, and pay for a school resource officer at Berne-Knox-Westerlo schools. The programs are funded by the tickets collected from the stop arm camera initiative, which holds drivers...