{"id":10609,"date":"2024-07-08T17:50:38","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T05:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=10609"},"modified":"2024-07-08T17:50:38","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T05:50:38","slug":"auckland-transport-police-ramp-up-safety-efforts-for-commuters-during-school-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=10609","title":{"rendered":"Auckland Transport, police ramp up safety efforts for commuters during school holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the school holiday’s begin, Auckland Transport says it has increased visibility across the network to keep people safe.<\/p>\n

On Monday, police arrested a 39-year-old woman, after an assault on a bus in Pakuranga in June\u00a0they allege was a hate-motivated crime<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Jason Luo, 16,\u00a0lost three teeth<\/a>\u00a0after being attacked with a metal rod by an unknown woman, with a further three teeth suffering damage.<\/p>\n

Auckland Transport (AT), alongside police, have said they are stepping up measures to keep commuters safe.<\/p>\n

In a statement, AT’s director of public transport and active modes, Stacey van der Putten, said they needed everyone’s help to ensure the transport hubs were safe.<\/p>\n

“Everybody has the right to catch public transport without being subjected to this unacceptable behaviour, so we are working closely with police to make sure the transport network is a safe place for everyone,” she said.<\/p>\n

Hibiscus Coast and Albany stations will have security on site from 8am until midnight every day, along with transport officer support.<\/p>\n

The Auckland Transport operation centre will be providing “as high of a level of surveillance as possible” across the transport network during the holidays.<\/p>\n

In May, police launched Operation Haumaru,\u00a0increasing resources and patrols<\/a>, focused around the bus and train station hubs in New Lynn and Henderson.<\/p>\n

Auckland Transport said transport officers would also focus on south and east locations.<\/p>\n

The city’s mayor, Wayne Brown, said commuters deserved to feel safe.<\/p>\n

“I’m glad AT is also taking on board people’s concerns and prioritising safety more in its operations,” Brown said.<\/p>\n

“People deserve to feel safe while moving about Auckland and public transport is a big part of this.”<\/p>\n

Waitemat\u0101 West area commander Inspector Jason Edwards said offenders, including young people, should be prepared to face the consequences of their actions.<\/p>\n

“Any young person who chooses to offend should expect to be caught up with by police and held to account,” he said.<\/p>\n

Auckland Transport encouraged customers report anything they witnessed on the public transport network.<\/p>\n

VIA RNZ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As the school holiday’s begin, Auckland Transport says it has increased visibility across the network to keep people safe. On Monday, police arrested a 39-year-old woman, after an assault on a bus in Pakuranga in June\u00a0they allege was a hate-motivated crime. Jason Luo, 16,\u00a0lost three teeth\u00a0after being attacked with a metal rod by an unknown […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":10610,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[222,208,174],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-lifestyle","category-nz-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10609"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10609\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10611,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10609\/revisions\/10611"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}