It's been a hard week and a half as they work to get through what happened to Dunn. Murphy says they also will look at immediate safety options which will include operators carrying a 2 oz bottle of mace.ĭrivers from HART were also in attendance. You can scream all you want but at least you’ll be alive to scream and we’ll hear you.”
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She says 99% of bus drivers surveyed last week in Pinellas want the enclosures. 'It's a dangerous job' | Transit bus operators speak out after deadly attack In the meeting, she made all of the bus drivers stand up so board members could put a face to the drivers they'd have to choose between if only half got the enclosures. We need 100 percent of our drivers protected," Murphy said. "God forbid the worst case scenario: what happened to Thomas Dunn. Every day, someone is assaulted at PSTA whether it’s just a verbal assault, spit on, hit," Murphy said. “Every year goes by it gets more dangerous. Wednesday, she and others got in front of the board to say they need to retrofit all of the buses.
HART establishes scholarship fund for children of bus driver who was killedĪpril Murphy, a former bus driver and current representative for the Service Employee International Union, said the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority is promising to put new bulletproof safety enclosures in 50 percent of PSTA buses. Police: Suspect caught on camera saying "God bless you" before deadly stabbing of HART bus driver This comes a little more than a week after a HART bus driver, Thomas Dunn, was stabbed to death on the job. Bus drivers from around the bay area are demanding action from the PSTA board, asking for safety enclosures that could protect them from attacks.
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