The safety of bus drivers has been brought into focus by a spate of assaults.Credit:Harrison Saragossi
Television adverts featuring"real-life"scenarios faced by drivers will carry the message that violence against them is unacceptable.
The announcements follow several serious alleged assaults on drivers,including one incident in which a Brisbane driver was allegedly robbed by a man wielding a tomahawk.
Forty-nine senior network officers with powers to remove aggressive customers and monitor drivers are currently working on certain routes,and Mr Bailey said eight new recruits began their final training last week.
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He said that by June next year,driver safety barriers would be installed in more than half the buses in Queensland.
"Everybody should be able to go to work and do their job without facing the threat of being physically or verbally assaulted,"he said.
"That’s why we’re also funding a 12-month trial with the Westside Bus Company to deploy eight customer service officers to ride on Ipswich services."