Security on board, over a thousand bodycams for FS personnel

Over a thousand FS Security (FS Group) operators wear bodycams, a tool introduced with the aim of strengthen personnel protection engaged daily in safety activities to support the FS Group. In fact, starting from July 1st, the extension of the provision to all FS Security operators was completed, contributing to an increasingly safe, resilient and efficient railway system, for the benefit of travellers, staff and communities, in collaboration with institutions and law enforcement agencies.

The safety devices and their operation were presented today in the Esquilino Room of Rome Termini Station in the presence of the Vice President of the Council of Ministers and Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, Matteo Salvini, the Minister of the Interior, Matteo Piantedosi, the President of the FS Group, Tommaso Tanzilli, the CEO of FS Security, Pietro Foroni, and the CEO of FS Technology, Erminio Marco Iacomussi. Currently 1,028 FS Security operators wear bodycams. The number will rise to 1,100 by the end of 2026, in line with the company’s hiring plan, and will reach approximately 1,300 resources by 2028.

How do bodycams work?

The introduction of bodycams for all operational staff is the next step an experimental path started in 2025 and implemented in four regions – Liguria, Puglia, Tuscany and Lombardy – which allowed the effectiveness of the devices to be tested in the field, laying the foundations for the progressive extension to all staff. The results of the testing phase confirmed the strategic value of these tools for combating episodes of aggression, with a view to prevention, deterrence and greater safety in the most exposed operational contexts.

Bodycams are integrated with the Security Control Roomdeveloped by FS Technology for the management of live and recorded video streams. If the alarm device is activated, the system allows the operator’s position to be detected in real time and to automatically send a report to the operations room. In this way, Control Room staff can acquire immediate information on the intervention in progress, geolocate the operator and simultaneously access the images and audio transmitted by the device.

An additional protective measure

The adoption of bodycams is part of the technological innovation initiatives developed by FS for consolidate the prevention and safety management system. The introduction of these tools allows us to further increase the protection measures dedicated to staff working in the field and to contribute to the creation of a safer operating and travel environment for passengers and staff of the FS Group.