Public Transport Safety

Queensland General
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https://statements.qld.gov.au/statements/104276

  • Extra $3 million this financial year to accelerate rollout of full bus driver safety barriers across Queensland following years of neglect under Labor.
  • Funding will support retrofitting screens to buses in Brisbane and across Queensland to ensure barriers of Australia’s highest safety standard reach every corner of the State.
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We need police officers at every single station and on every single train to curb assaults and crime on our trains.

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I think that’s an overreach. By in large trains are safe or at least no less safe than walking around on the street. QPS are barely recruiting above attrition rates so it would be next to impossible to hire the number of extra police you’d need to cover every single train. There’s also a question of morale because as I said by in large trains in safe so you would have some very bored police officers which could lead to unintended consequences (over policing and harrassing people for minor things just to keep themselves busy, for example)

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They have them underneath Northgate and they DO nothing. Most of the interventions are from private security guards who call forward to a controller who calls through to QPS, routinely QPS do not show up.

If you think police have a positive outcome on reducing the risks of sexual assault and harassment in public, think again.

The most effective campaigns on harassment and safety are actually programs to encourage men to stand up and speak out, call for assistance and intervene. This is not to say putting themselves in danger, but many studies have found bystander intervention strategies have been effective.

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