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Not much in the way of specifics here, but I'm sure it'll help, along with dementia awareness training, and how to spot modern slavery, blah, blah...


Bus and taxi drivers to be trained to help stop women being sexually assaulted

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/li ... p-21776674

Bus drivers, frontline bus station staff and taxi drivers will receive training to act as 'guardians'

Bus drivers, frontline bus station staff and taxi drivers are to receive 'bystander training' to help prevent incidents of sexual violence against women.

According to a statement on the Merseyside Police and Crime Commissioner website posted yesterday, transport staff will receive the training to "better understand" and know how to prevent sexual violence.

The training aims to equip drivers and frontline staff to act as 'guardians' and make passengers feel safer.

The news comes after the Metropolitan Police's guidance to 'flag down a bus' if they are concerned about being stopped by a lone police officer was heavily criticised following Sarah Everard's murder.

The training is said to come as a result of £270,000 of new funding which has been secured by Merseyside’s new Police and Crime Commissioner Emily Spurrell.

The funding aims to invest in making women feel safer on the Liverpool City Region transport network.

The money will also be used to improve CCTV coverage particularly at city centre bus stations in Liverpool One, Queens Square and Sir Thomas Street.

New ‘help points’ will also be created connected to the CityWatch control room providing better links with emergency services.

Travel centres at each of the bus stations will also become ‘safe spaces’ for anyone who feels vulnerable.

The money will also be used to launch a text message service, specifically requested by young people, which can be used to report concerns and help to identify offenders.

It will also fund a new educational resource for up to 70 schools across Liverpool raising awareness of sexual harassment and misogyny.

The Police and Crime Commissioner website claims the cash injection will be used to provide an increased police and uniformed presence on the transport network at times when women feel most unsafe.

Merseyside’s Police Commissioner Emily Spurrell said: “More than 1,500 women across Merseyside responding to my public survey about their feelings of safety. Their responses highlighted that more women feel unsafe using public transport at night than any other area or location in our region.

“No-one should feel too worried or scared to use our public transport network. We listened intently to their voices and this bid was developed specifically to respond to their concerns.

“With this funding we will be able to put some significant, long-term improvements in place relatively quickly that I hope will make a genuine difference.

"We want women to feel safe using the transport network and ensure if any incident does occur that causes them concern that they can report it quickly and easily and there is someone on hand who is trained to respond effectively.

“My thanks go to all the partners who have worked to put this bid together. Our aim must be to ensure everyone can feel confident travelling in and out of our city centre.

"While this won’t solve the fundamental issue of male violence against women and girls, I hope this major new investment will help women to be safer and feel safer."

Steve Rotheram, Mayor of the Liverpool City Region, said: “The murder of Sarah Everard sent shockwaves throughout the country and sparked an important national debate about the safety of women and girls in public places.

"Whether using public transport at night, going out on a run or just walking home – too often women feel they are unable to do things men take for granted due to the risk to their safety.

“In this country there is an epidemic of violence against women, with men the main perpetrators. Two women a week are killed by their partners, one in four experience domestic abuse, and countless women feel unsafe simply walking down the street.

“I’ll be working with the Merseyside Police, the PCC and others to make public transport – and our streets – the safest possible place for women.”

No doubt the women will be queuing up to drive pish-heads home at 3am, then

this sounds a lot like training non police to do the police's job

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lack of modern legislation is the iceberg sinking the titanic of the transport sector

Looks like someone has been given Gov money and decided to make up a course to earn some people some money.

All these courses could be dealt with within a minute.

Dear driver, if you see something that you have concerns about, ring the police. Thank you and goodbye.

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