Make it a legal requirement that all taxi's have to have CCTV

Rejected 13 signatures

What the petition asks

As a victim of an assault by a taxi driver, I feel that for the safety of passengers and also taxi drivers it should a legal requirement that all taxi's, both private and black cabs have CCTV fitted. This would reduce the amount of assaults, abuse and theft and would act as a definite deterrent

Statistics from the Metropolitan Police Service have revealed that alleged sexual assaults committed by taxi or private hire drivers have risen by 20% in three years.

According to figures released under freedom of information laws, at least 337 assaults were reported between April 2016 and March 2017 in England and Wales, up from 282 in 2014-15. These figures show that there needs to be further restrictions and increased monitoring in place.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Change the law to make it compulsory for all taxis to be fitted with CCTV

Timeline

17 Mar 2018	Petition opened for signatures
22 Mar 2018	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 13

Status Rejected

Rejected 22 Mar 2018

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