Boston Globe | Meghan E. Irons | March 12, 2013 Though the T has installed surveillance cameras on a third of its buses, and Transit Police sometimes guard the subway, drivers say that is not enough to stop an attack. The weekend mob attack on an MBTA bus driver has shattered a fragile sense of security …
Category: Assault
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Mar 12 2013
Editorial: Attack on MBTA bus driver highlights need for more protections
Boston Globe | MARCH 12, 2013 The senseless attack on an MBTA bus driver in Dorchester by a group of teenagers Saturday should be a call to action to step up protections for vulnerable T employees. Police report 22 cases of assaults or threats against T drivers so far this year — an alarming statistic …
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Mar 11 2013
T workers’ union calls for passage of bill to crack down on assaults on drivers
By Martin Finucane, Globe Staff The union that represents thousands of MBTA workers says an attack on a bus driver by more than a dozen teens underlines the need to crack down on assaults on public transit workers. “The Boston Carmen’s Union ATU Local 589 is relieved and thankful that the Bus Driver, attacked in …
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