Edmonton transit workers union concerned over rising crime and weapon complaints
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The union representing transit workers is sounding the alarm over safety concerns. It says a spike in crime and reported weapon complaints is leading to a drop in ridership.
The union representing thousands of transit workers is sounding the alarm over safety concerns. Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 569 said a spike in crime and reported weapon complaints is leading to a drop in ridership.
Jorg Schlagheck has been riding transit for more than 10 years, but lately he’s been using ETS less. He’s been harrassed and witnessed open drug use.
“I don’t want to be in the situation where I have a knife up to my throat or a gun to my head just because I’m riding the train and I look at somebody the wrong way,” Schlagheck said.
Schlagheck said he doesn’t feel safe anymore.
“You just never know what you have to expect, what’s going to come up at you when you’re on the train and even in the stations,” he said.
President of ATU Local 569 Steve Bradshaw said concerns of transit safety is nothing new but, as of late, the union said it has seen more incidents.
“Assaults on the station platforms are up where it’s wide open. They are not down they are up: weapons use is up, drug us is up,” Bradshaw said.
He said so far this year there have been almost 400 weapons complaints on transit, an increase from 319 last year.
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