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Marshals reduce city taxi chaos

MARSHALS introduced to make late-night taxi queues in Truro less chaotic have been so successful that the scheme is to be expanded to cover more of the city.

The night-time economy group, made up of businesses and Truro City Council, introduced two marshals in Calenick Street in August.

Now new marshals have been introduced to cover the Quay Street area of the city.

City police inspector Mark Richards said: "The queuing system works a lot better and I think people feel a lot safer.

"It adds that extra layer of security and reassurance and it's been a success so far."

The street marshals are on duty from 10.30pm to 3.30am on a Saturday night. All trained security staff, they maintain contact with door staff to try to pre-empt any problems.

They also help out at premises with minor problems and help clear empty glasses and bottles from the streets.

Inspector Richards said: "They've been involved in hands-on management to bring order to what was a chaotic process."

The street marshals also encourage use of the Pubwatch radios and link up with the city's street pastors and police officers as and when they are needed.

The project is funded by Truro City Council, the Truro Business Improvement District (Bid), L2 nightclub, A2B taxis, the Westcountry Drinks Company and St Austell Brewery.

Any other businesses keen to get involved in the scheme should contact Sue Edwards on 01872 326015 or e-mail Susanne.edwards@devonandcornwall.pnn.police.uk

http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/Marshal ... story.html


Taxi marshals back in city

TaxiTaxi marshals will be back on Cambridge’s streets this weekend.

They dealt with 35,000 revellers last year and will take up their posts again in the city centre from Saturday.

They will be at the city centre rank in St Andrew’s Street every weekend in December, including Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve.

Priority will be given to lone females in the taxi queue to ensure they get home safely.

The marshals, funded by Cambridge Community Safety Partnership, will also report violence and anti-social behaviour to police.

http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/News/Ta ... 112012.htm


Extra taxi marshals to help Bristolians in lead up to Christmas

Extra taxi and street marshals have been organised by the Safer Bristol Partnership in the lead up to Christmas and New Year, starting this weekend.

There will be two new taxi marshals working at the rank outside the Hippodrome who will work Friday and Saturday nights from this evening.

They will manage the taxi queues, check people are fit to travel and make sure revellers wait in a fair and orderly way.

The aim is to help people enjoy a safe Christmas night out in the city centre.

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Our taxi marshal schemes have been a major success in ensuring that the public get safely home.

They are also popular with taxi drivers as they can check people to stop those who are being disorderly from getting in a cab.

This area is vibrant and busy and, in the early hours, can get very congested with people and vehicles, the taxi marshalls help control the situation.– Peter Anderson, Crime and Substance Misuse Manager, Safer Bristol

http://www.itv.com/news/west/update/201 ... christmas/

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