TAXI drivers in Wyre Forest feel safer in their cabs following the installation of CCTV cameras in 30 of the vehicles.
The move was prompted by increasing numbers of attacks on the cabbies in a scheme costing £11,000 and funded by Wyre Forest Community Safety Partnership and the district's taxi drivers association.
During the past four years, taxi drivers have been victims of more than 20 incidents of violence or anti-social behaviour including two in which they were threatened with guns.
One taxi driver who has been attacked, Bob South, of Stourport, said: "Having a CCTV camera in my cab makes me feel a lot safer. It is safer for passengers too."
Clear images can be taken by the cameras, day or night, as passengers enter the taxis.
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