Transit Officer cuts attacked by Shelley Hancock
1 Nov 10
Member for South Coast and Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Transport Shelley Hancock has slammed the Labor Government for slashing Transit Officer numbers on the South Coast and Illawarra rail lines.
Freedom of Information data obtained by the NSW Liberals & Nationals shows in June 2008 there were 659 transit officers, but by March 2010 it was slashed to 572 – a cut of 87 officers.
“In 2009, there was a total of 4877 incidents of criminal and anti-social behaviour on our trains and platforms, that’s 93 incidents a week," claimed Mrs Hancock.
