A spokesman for the Little Rock Police Department says there is no basis for that opinion, and in their opinion the rapist is using one or more automobiles. At least one of the rapes occurred around two hours after bus operations ceased for the night. We want to let our bus operators, particularly our female bus operators, and the travelling public know that there is no reason to believe the rapist is travelling by CAT buses. It is well known that the buses have surveillance cameras on board.
Bus operators have two way radios, and off-duty police are hired to randomly ride the buses.
Service supervisors in marked and unmarked cars constantly monitor bus traffic and respond quickly to any call for assistance from a bus operator. Travel by bus is extremely safe. The bus riders are law abiding citizens using the bus to go to work, school, to shop, to hospitals and doctors' offices. In this area, the average time between buses exceeds 30 minutes. It is unlikely that criminals of ANY sort would use the bus as a getaway mode of transportation.