Hove MP, Mike Weatherley recently launched Southern’s Eyewitness initiative at Hove railway station.
Mr Weatherley joined Southern senior staff, and representatives from the West Sussex Rail User Group to launch Southern’s award winning low-level crime reporting system to passengers who use Southern services between Hove and Warblington along Southern’s West Coastway route.
Eyewitness is a scheme which allows the reporting of low-level crime by e-mail.
The system has been used successfully as an in-house system where Southern staff have e-mailed members of Southern’s Safer Travel and Revenue Protection Teams to report incidences of vandalism, anti-social behaviour and fare evasion.
The system allows Southern to respond quickly where officers are in the area, and to identify patterns, trends and hotspots which enables more intelligent deployment of Rail Neighbourhood Officers and Revenue Protection Officers when detailing patrols.
Following a successful public trial on the Arun Valley Line, Southern has decided to roll out the scheme to the remainder of the Southern network, staring with the West Coastway.
