The Territory Government is investing in improving the safety on the bus network by locking in transit safety officers and private security officers across Darwin and Palmerston bus routes for 2 more years.
Transit safety officers play a critical role in keeping passengers and drivers safe by reducing anti-social behaviour by patrolling buses, bus stops and interchanges.
Transit safety officers can direct a person:
- to leave a bus, interchange or stop
- issue on-the-spot fines
- arrest and detail a person if they have reasonable ground to believe a person has committed an offence, and
- seize dangerous articles from someone who has been arrested.
Private security officers are also hired to keep drivers and passengers safe across the bus network.
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