On 23 Aug 2024 02:37:58 GMT, Gordon <
Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:
From https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350389211/teen-girls-attacked-auckland-bus-broad-daylight
"An Auckland Transport spokesperson said it was aware of the incident,
and understood the bus operator provided footage to police.
They were sorry to hear about this horrible incident and said the safety
of everyone who uses its transport network and facilities was its top >priority.
Thankfully, incidents of this nature are still rare across the busy >transport network that sees over 1.6m trips each week.
Unquote.
That last sentence gives the impression that it is is okay to have rare
cases of anti-social behaviour and an assualt upon to people going about >their lawful business.
I suspect most people would get the impression that incidents of this
nature are fairly rare, and that if you have 14 year old daughters it
is not unreasonable to allow her to travel by bus. Most members of the
public may have been aware of the presence of CCTV and GPS.
The part you quoted was preceded by "An Auckland Transport
spokesperson said it was aware of the incident, and understood the bus
operator provided footage to police."
and followed by "The spokesperson said all buses were fitted with
CCTV, GPS and panic buttons that recorded sound, and connected
directly with the bus depot who could quickly respond and guide
emergency services to intervene."
How about (some) zero tolerance? Certainly would do no harm.
But would it do any good? What is there that you think Auckland
Transport could have done to demonstrate "zero tolerance" in this
case, Gordon? Repeating an empty political slogan does not actually
fix anything - look at shop raids - apparently there has been a
significant increase in those in 2024 compared with 2023 - perhaps
criminals see "zero tolerance" as a challenge?
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