Taxi drivers join forces with Crimestoppers

Independent charity Crimestoppers has join forces with Radio Taxis Group to create a new project called London Taxi Watch.

The new initiative is hoped to involve all the Group’s taxi drivers in utilizing Crimestoppers as a means of giving information on any suspicious behavior or intelligence in respect of security or criminal activity, by being the eyes and ears of the police and reporting crimes they see on London’s streets. It is hoped that the nature of their job will enable taxi drivers to alert the authorities to suspicious behavior and pass on information to Crimestoppers anonymously.

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe said: “London’s cabbies are the best in the world. With police officers they are there all hours, all weathers and all places. They can be our eyes and ears and help victims of crime.” Crimestoppers’ London campaigns manager, Regan Hook, said the drivers could become “everyday heroes” by reporting crime. “Cab drivers can invaluably help fight crime by contacting the charity anonymously and play a part in making London safer,” he added.

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