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I doubt there is any trade anywhere that can boast a 100% clear CRB check list.

I also take a dim view over any journalist criticising another trade.

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IDFIMH

Shame they didnt report the question the NTA posed......how many people with convictions work for the BBC?

CC

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

Perhaps if authorities were held responible for licencing drivers with convictions they may think twice about issuing the same.

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I think they are.

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IDFIMH

So if a driver of previous bad character is given a licence for a taxi because the council think the driver is 'alright now' then the driver re-offends can those that suffer from this driver's offence ask the council for compensation?

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A council is empowered to license drivers who are 'fit and proper'. If they license people who are deemed not to be 'fit and proper' by a court, via a recent criminal conviction, then I would say that leads them open to be sued for negligence.

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IDFIMH

Should the licensing officers need to be checked.? If we had licensing officers with a dodgy back ground they could be open for bribes etc. So are they CRB checked I wonder.

I think many are as they have to authorise certain parts of the CRB form, and that requires a CRB check to do so.

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IDFIMH

A view from the criminal's perspective. Oh and the NTA.

http://www.communitynewswire.press.net/ ... id=6431511

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IDFIMH

I suppose it depends on what criminal activity they have been convicted of, but, having said that a lot of criminal activity is spontaneous or opportunistic. It obviously goes without saying that child molesters and rapists should never be allowed to be taxi drivers. How about burglars they are criminals of opportunity and having taken somebody to the airport for their 2 weeks holiday may be to tempting an opportunity to resist. Then there's those that snap when provoked, some may say the customer had it coming because they provoked the driver but it still is not acceptable. IMO there are some crimes that should be unacceptable to any license dept and criminals can explain all they like to a licensing committee as to why they committed their crimes but at the end of the day if that situation arises again they are likely to react in the same way.

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You don't believe that people grow up and change their behaviour at all then. Personally I think that is a sad situation to be in for someone who may have had a troubled upbringing, to know that there are some people who will never give them a chance.

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Grandad,

CC

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

I never said they didn't or they couldn't grow up and change their behaviour and having a troubled upbringing is no excuse it's just for use as mitigating circumstances to lessen punishment. I understand that people can be led astray and can change their behaviour as they grow up. How long do you give somebody to do this before you licence them as taxi drivers/ph drivers? I work with drivers who have criminal records and who say they have 'changed their ways' and by all accounts they have. At the end of the day tho the public have a right to be safe and to be able to trust the licensed drivers. I'm not a liberal pussycat who can be rolled over and tickled when it suits. I am a forgiving person and I do believe that people should be given a 2nd chance but not at the expense of the general public and not without proof of rehabilitation

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What proof can anyone provide though? Do they give out certificates for this like the NVQ?

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Grandad,