Re: [Melb] Security guards on trains after 9pm / more staff on trains

["James C" <noemail@emailsux.com>]

Herald Sun also have something similar....

But Mr. Paul Mees the president of Public transport assocoation disagree
somehow as he reckons conductors and station staffs are the solution as
security guards aren't there all the time, whereas station staffs and
conductors will be there from the 1st train till the last train.


Cheers
James


Daniel Bowen <dbowen@custard.REMOVE.net.au> wrote in message
qBwa5.13313$Tb7.89475@news-server.bigpond.net.au">news:qBwa5.13313$Tb7.89475@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> http://www.theage.com.au/breaking/0007/11/A65399-2000Jul11.shtml
>
> Security guards for late-night trains
>
> Source: AAP|Published: Tuesday July 11, 8:36 AM
>
> Security guards will patrol late-night trains in Melbourne in a bid to
> ensure passenger safety.
> Bayside Trains communications manager Dean Souter said the company had
> launched a trial with security staff from Chubb Security to patrol all
nine
> of their lines from 9pm until the last train each evening.
> "They are not armed and they are instructed to deter, certainly their role
> is not combative," he told Melbourne Radio 3AW.
> "Increasingly our customers are perceiving that it is unsafe on our trains
> and that is because they're faced with more and more slashed seats and
> graffiti on the walls of the trains.
> "We're providing security staff as an effective deterrent to these
would-be
> vandals," Mr Souter said.
> Mr Souter said the higher security would not lead to an increase in fares.
> The first squad of eight guards began patrolling train lines in the
western
> and south-eastern suburbs last night.
> Bayside operates Melbourne's Werribee, Williamstown, St Albans, Pakenham,
> Cranbourne, Frankston, Sandringham, Broadmeadows and Upfield lines.
> ---------------
> http://www.theage.com.au/breaking/0007/11/A65535-2000Jul11.shtml
> Vic Govt to put 100 extra staff on trains
>
> Source: AAP|Published: Tuesday July 11, 11:29 AM
>
>
> MELBOURNE: The Victorian Government had allocated $20 million to put 100
> more staff on Melbourne trains in a bid to help passengers feel safer,
> acting premier John Thwaites said today.
> 'We committed that in the (May) budget and we're now negotiating with the
> private operators of the trains so we can have those staff in place later
> this year,' Mr Thwaites told radio 3AW.
> The extra staff would patrol trains and stations.
> 'There's no doubt that people need to feel secure if they're going to
travel
> on public transport, and we want to promote public transport,' Mr Thwaites
> said.
> Mr Thwaites said restoring guards to trains would be unlikely to alleviate
> passenger safety concerns if guards were merely placed at the back of the
> train.
> Having security buttons for passengers was not a solution either because
by
> the time passengers used them they were probably already being threatened.
> 'The key is to have (security) people moving around,' Mr Thwaites said.
> A private train operator has already introduced security guards to patrol
> late-night trains in Melbourne in a bid to ensure passenger safety.
> Bayside Trains' communications manager Dean Souter said the company had
> launched a trial with security staff from Chubb Security to patrol all
nine
> of their lines from 9pm until the last train each evening.
> 'They are not armed and they are instructed to deter, certainly their role
> is not combative,' Mr Souter told radio 3AW.
> 'Increasingly our customers are perceiving that it is unsafe on our trains
> and that is because they're faced with more and more slashed seats and
> graffiti on the walls of the trains.
> 'We're providing security staff as an effective deterrent to these
would-be
> vandals.'
> Mr Souter said the move would not lead to an increase in fares.
> The first squad of eight guards began patrolling train lines in the
western
> and south-eastern suburbs last night.
> Bayside operates Melbourne's Werribee, Williamstown, St Albans, Pakenham,
> Cranbourne, Frankston, Sandringham, Broadmeadows and Upfield lines.
>
>
> --
> Daniel Bowen, Melbourne, Australia
> dbowen@custard.REMOVE.net.au
> http://www.custard.net.au/bowen/daniel/
>
>