{"id":26568,"date":"2015-10-26T21:31:49","date_gmt":"2015-10-26T21:31:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=26568"},"modified":"2015-10-26T21:31:49","modified_gmt":"2015-10-26T21:31:49","slug":"voxpop-keeping-cardiff-safe-at-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2015\/10\/26\/voxpop-keeping-cardiff-safe-at-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Voxpop: Keeping Cardiff safe at night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cardiff has always been a safe city, but after three sex attacks in five days residents are on high alert.<\/p>\n<p>In light of the attacks Cardiff authorities have teamed up with local taxi companies to ensure people get home safely at night.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_26569\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 451px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cardiffstudents.com\/love-cardiff\/community\/safe-taxi-scheme\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-26569 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/10\/VoxPop_4_Taxi_Big_JAL-451x312.jpg\" alt=\"VoxPop_4_Taxi_Big_JAL\" width=\"451\" height=\"312\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-26569 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/10\/VoxPop_4_Taxi_Big_JAL-451x312.jpg\" alt=\"VoxPop_4_Taxi_Big_JAL\" width=\"451\" height=\"312\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Cardiff University has set up a safe-taxi scheme with Dragon Taxis<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Schemes include Cardiff University\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cardiffstudents.com\/love-cardiff\/community\/safe-taxi-scheme\/\">safe-taxi scheme<\/a>, and taxi marshals from Cardiff council being on hand to assist the public from 8pm-4am on weekends.<\/p>\n<p>However, despite this, there has been a surge in complaints about taxi drivers refusing customers \u2013 especially those living close to the city centre<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiff.moderngov.co.uk\/mgCommitteeMailingList.aspx?ID=132\">Cardiff Council<\/a> has urged people to report incidents in order to take matters to court and said: \u201cIf we don\u2019t receive this information, we cannot act.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Is enough being done to keep Cardiff safe at night? 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