MENTIONING MARSHALS
Many people – both from the trade and licensing officers - have contacted the Association over the past couple of years voic- ing interest and enthusiasm about marshal schemes for their area. The main concern they all share, naturally enough, is: where is the money coming from to pay for these marshals? The articles on this page illustrate a couple of sources: Derby City Council has funded the continuation of their marshal scheme in the city centre for another two years; a community partnership picks up the tab in Bassetlaw; and Brighton’s mar- shals can continue until April thanks to a Home Office grant. The NPHA is conducting a nationwide survey in the near future setting out where there are marshal schemes in operation, and how they are being funded. There’s no question about the fact that on-street marshal schemes have been the most effective deterrent against violence at taxi ranks for years.
RETFORD KEEPS MARSHALS
Taxi customers in Ret- ford and Worksop had better be on the best behaviour this winter as a council scheme gets underway.
The local Times news- paper in Retford reports that until April, taxi marshals will be casting their eyes on cabs between 10pm
and 3am at weekends and on busy week nights to help prevent unpleasant incidents. Co-ordinator of the Bassetlaw and Newark and Sherwood Com- munity Partnership Gerald Connor said the scheme was continuing for another year after previous successes.
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MARSHAL SCHEME IS SAVED BY DERBY CITY COUNCIL
Money has been found to ensure that a successful taxi mar- shal scheme can continue in Derby. Marshals have been patrolling key taxi ranks in the city centre on Friday and Saturday nights for two years. Their work in reducing the number of fights and crimes has been praised by the public, police and drivers, but funding was due to run out in March. Now, Derby City Coun- cil has agreed to pay the £44,000 needed to keep the scheme going in 2010-11. The authority will man- age the marshals through its new Street- pride service, set up to deal with problems such as litter,
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lighting and pavement repairs. Paul Robinson, direc- tor of environmental services at the coun- cil, told the Derby Express: “Streetpride is about more than just bins, it is about any- thing which happens on our streets and so the taxi marshals scheme fits in well.” The project has so far been co-ordinated by Derby’s Community Safety Partnership and relied on short-term funding from sources which will be unavail- able after March. The sources included money Westfield paid to the council as part of an agreement when it built the shopping centre.
The partnership had
considered seeing whether the scheme could be funded through contributions from taxi firms but the idea was ruled out due to legal and opera- tional difficulties in working out who should pay and who would benefit.
Instead Mr Robinson, who will be the strategic director of the council’s new neighbourhoods department, agreed that the marshals should be managed and paid for by his sec- tion’s Streetpride service.
Chairman of Derby Hackney Carriage Union, Mohammed Saffaf, said: “The pub- lic and drivers feel safer having the mar- shals there.”
SECURITY GUARDS TO KEEP THE PEACE AMONG
Marshals are to be employed to keep late- night taxi queues in order. Four security guards are patrolling taxi ranks in Brighton’s city centre on Friday and Saturday nights. The scheme - funded by a Government grant - has been wel- comed by taxi drivers, as well as police and councillors. Taxi marshals have been tried before but public funding has never been available to keep them on a perma- nent basis.
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to patrol the West Street and East Street taxi ranks.
The latest scheme, made possible by a £5,000 Home Office grant designed to deal with alcohol-related disorder, is expected to run until April. Unite Security is pro- viding the four guards
They are being briefed to keep queues order- ly and stop people getting into cabs if they are too drunk or carrying food or drink. Andy Charalambous, vice-chairman of Brighton and Hove Streamline Taxis, told the Brighton Argus: “Taxi marshals benefit everyone. We would really like to see mar- shals on the busy ranks in the early hours of the morning, permanently.” Inspector Paul Betts said: “The use of mar- shals is a real benefit for many people out at night in Brighton and Hove.
“They will ensure peo- ple can obtain licensed taxis safely in
“It will assist us in pre- venting crime and disorder and keeping people safe.”
The marshals are being equipped with radios to link them to CCTV operators, police officers and other security firms. They are also being given the power to issue “yellow cards” for antisocial behav- iour - which can lead to people being banned from the city centre. Councillor Dee Sim- son who is the city council cabinet mem- ber for community safety, said: “This is another excellent example of how work- ing in partnership is helping to keep peo- ple safe while they are out enjoying them- selves.”
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