Re: Violence on Sydney trains

[Chris Sinnema <csinn@pop.netlink.com.au>]

Craig, you are a real hero, do you save ladies in distress as well. My self, I
drive a tram in Melbourne, If there is trouble, which there always is, i am not
risking my health and job (by law you can not touch people) and get stressed out
by some idiot who wants to stuff around, they pay other people to deal with this,
not me.

C. Dewick wrote:

> In <7l6m0f$h2m$1@news1.mpx.com.au> "John" <integral@mindless.com> writes:
>
> >>> Yes the gaurds are a bit of a Joke. I mean i've been told that if i am
> >>> ever questioned by them and they ask for details, i can safely say "Papa
> >>> Smurf", and as they cant search me, when asked for proof of
> >>> identification that im Papa Smurf, i can claim i left it in my mushroom.
> >>
> >Chubb Security guards or any other guards for that matter do not have the
> >power to demand ID. Even if they get this information from the bad person
> >what can they do with this person anyway, apart from waiting for the police
> >to arrive. They can not issue on-the-spot fines. How many times do you hear
> >on the GRN radio network VRW tell the Chubb guards that the police will take
> >a long time if the person is smoking, drinking or feet on seats.
>
> Which is why I, as a driver, and any train guard that's working with me,
> will usually remove any people doing these sorts of things from the train,
> and I do not care whether I officially have a right to do it or not. If
> someone is doing something offensive on my train, they get off or the train
> does not move.
>
> Regards,
>
> Craig.
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