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Author:  captain cab [ Fri Sep 16, 2016 6:54 pm ]
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Taxi drivers get ‘counter-terrorism’ training to spy on passengers


Taxi drivers in towns and cities across Britain are being trained to spy on local communities as part of Britain’s controversial ‘Prevent’ counter-terrorism policy.

Dartford Council is the latest to introduce mandatory “knowledge” tests for taxi drivers, while councils in Yorkshire and Manchester already run the training programs.

The schemes have been so successful that some council staff are considering extending it to employees at takeaway restaurants and bars, Middle East Eye reports.

Calderdale Council in West Yorkshire runs a flagship program which involves mandatory training for new drivers applying for a taxi licence, while existing drivers are made to take the course every three years.

“Taxi drivers can play a really important role. They can be our eyes and ears,” Neighbourhoods and Cohesion Manager Jo Richmond told Middle East Eye.

“It is about helping them to understand when they may need to act.”

A Local Government Association document published in December last year describes how Calderdale provided Prevent training to 1,000 licensed taxi drivers in four-hour sessions over three months.

“Taxi drivers have a unique reach into society. Ferrying passengers around, they get to see and hear things that the statutory agencies never could,” the document, entitled Council’s Role in Preventing Extremism, says.

Manchester City Council issued a handbook in 2015 which contained a section on terrorism and extremism.

“The handbook has been developed to raise awareness about reporting crime and is an opportunity to encourage drivers who are the eyes and ears of our community to report intelligence and any suspicious activity to police,” said Chief Inspector Laura Marler of the Greater Manchester Police.

Drivers are advised to trust their instincts in reporting suspicious activity.

A case study in the handbook describes a teenage girl on the way to the airport speaking on the phone with someone about meeting them on the border of Syria.

Another example describes a driver discovering a mobile phone left in the taxi with a **** symbol as a screensaver.

Wayne Casey of the National Taxi Association criticized the controversial schemes and said trade organizations and unions had not been consulted in developing the courses.

“Not only have we got to spot potential sex offenders, now we have got to spot terrorists. There are all kinds of courses and schemes that taxi drivers have to take on and they just seem to be getting imposed. At the end of the day we are only driving cabs,” he said.

source: https://www.rt.com/uk/359588-taxi-drive ... terrorism/
Author:  captain cab [ Fri Sep 16, 2016 6:55 pm ]
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RT - Oh I've finally made it - now its the world :lol: :lol: :lol:
Author:  grandad [ Fri Sep 16, 2016 6:58 pm ]
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Just how much are we going to get paid for all this work?
Author:  captain cab [ Fri Sep 16, 2016 7:04 pm ]
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grandad wrote:
Just how much are we going to get paid for all this work?


Counter terrorism training

Disability Awareness Training

CSE training

BTEC's

NVQ's

English language tests

Knowledge Tests

DBS checks

Medicals

Driving tests (they will be replaced by private testing companies)

have I missed anything?
Author:  edders23 [ Fri Sep 16, 2016 7:33 pm ]
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grandad wrote:
Just how much are we going to get CHARGED for doing all this work?


corrected for accuracy :sad:
Author:  cabby john [ Fri Sep 16, 2016 7:37 pm ]
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What a super idea! An opportunity to show the enemy what we are looking out for :lol: :lol: :lol:
Author:  Nidge2 [ Fri Sep 16, 2016 7:45 pm ]
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Councils just get better. I attended the CSE course on Wednesday, it was 1½ hours of my life I'll never get back. They were trying to tell us how to suck eggs FFS.
Author:  captain cab [ Fri Sep 16, 2016 8:28 pm ]
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Taxi drivers get ‘counter-terrorism’

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Author:  captain cab [ Fri Sep 16, 2016 8:28 pm ]
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Quote:
They were trying to tell us how to suck eggs FFS.


TFFT :lol:
Author:  heathcote [ Fri Sep 16, 2016 8:30 pm ]
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Counter terrorism training!

If there are any terrorists within both sections of our industry(possibly could as all are not fully checked to the same standard as a British born resident)they are going to be informed on how not to get caught.
Author:  Sussex [ Fri Sep 16, 2016 8:38 pm ]
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captain cab wrote:
Taxi drivers in towns and cities across Britain are being trained to spy on local communities as part of Britain’s controversial ‘Prevent’ counter-terrorism policy.

What a lot of old fanny?
Author:  trotskys twin [ Mon Sep 19, 2016 5:40 pm ]
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captain cab wrote:
grandad wrote:
Just how much are we going to get paid for all this work?


Counter terrorism training

Disability Awareness Training

CSE training

BTEC's

NVQ's

English language tests

Knowledge Tests

DBS checks

Medicals

Driving tests (they will be replaced by private testing companies)

have I missed anything?



And dear chap which of these do you object too..........................and WHY?
Author:  edders23 [ Mon Sep 19, 2016 8:45 pm ]
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trotskys twin wrote:
captain cab wrote:
grandad wrote:
Just how much are we going to get paid for all this work?


Counter terrorism training

Disability Awareness Training

CSE training

BTEC's

NVQ's

English language tests

Knowledge Tests

DBS checks

Medicals

Driving tests (they will be replaced by private testing companies)

have I missed anything?



And dear chap which of these do you object too..........................and WHY?


I object to drivers having to shell out up to £1000 a year to be taught to do the Police and councils job for them at their expense
Author:  cabby john [ Mon Sep 19, 2016 9:13 pm ]
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trotskys twin wrote:
captain cab wrote:
grandad wrote:
Just how much are we going to get paid for all this work?


Counter terrorism training

Disability Awareness Training

CSE training

BTEC's

NVQ's

English language tests

Knowledge Tests

DBS checks

Medicals

Driving tests (they will be replaced by private testing companies)

have I missed anything?



And dear chap which of these do you object too..........................and WHY?


I take it that as a Union man you would not advocate your members taking on additional forced training/responsibility without being remunerated!
Author:  trotskys twin [ Tue Sep 20, 2016 5:23 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Taxi drivers get ‘counter-terrorism’ training
Counter terrorism training

Disability Awareness Training

CSE training

BTEC's

NVQ's

English language tests

Knowledge Tests

DBS checks

Medicals

Driving tests (they will be replaced by private testing companies)

have I missed anything?[/quote]


And dear chap which of these do you object too..........................and WHY?[/quote]

I object to drivers having to shell out up to £1000 a year to be taught to do the Police and councils job for them at their expense[/quote]

WHAT DO YOU OBJECT TOO COME ALONG NOW CONCENTRATE YOU MIGHT FIND AN ANSWER #-o
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