Community Safety Accreditation Schemes were introduced after the Police Reform Act of 2002 as part of the ‘extended policing family’, which also includes Police Community Support Officers and special constables. In 2005 the chief constable of British Transport Police launched the Railway Safety Accreditation Scheme enabling BTP to implement an Accreditation Scheme specialised in the Railway environment. Under this scheme Accredited Persons are granted limited powers that are aimed at providing a better quality of life in the railway community and at working in partnership with BTP
STM Training Services Ltd was set up to deliver training internally to the group and also primarily to external companies. We now deliver nationally to several major Train Operating Companies, Local Councils, and Security Companies, as well as bespoke training to various other commercial organisations.
Over the past several years our training manager has delivered the Railway Safety Accreditation Scheme (RSAS) and Community Safety Accreditation Scheme (CSAS) training to hundreds of people, now working with
Southeastern Railways
Southern Railways
London Overground Rail Operations Limited (LOROL)
National Express
East Midlands Trains
Rugby Borough Council
South West Trains
The focus of the RSAS is on providing a visible presence thus helping reduce crime and more importantly the ‘fear of crime’, improving relationships between BTP and the Train Operating Companies/ private sector companies with better co-ordination of resources as well as supporting Neighbourhood Policing in the community.
It grants accredited persons limited powers which are aimed at providing a better quality of life for people in the community, and also helps co-ordinate activities like visible patrolling and empowering accredited persons with the power to request the name and address of individuals acting in an anti-social manner and the sharing of information with the Police. The accredited persons are becoming part of the ever growing policing family. With the aim of making our communities a safer place to be.
The Accredited Persons training is aimed at people who have an interest in maintaining safety within their community / railway environment. It is suitable for those who work or want to work in some of the following roles: rail enforcement officers, travel safe officers, railway community officers, community wardens; neighbourhood wardens; community support workers etc.'. The term 'Accredited Person' is used to describe someone who is employed by an organisation (other than a police force) in a railway / community safety role, who has been accredited by a Chief Police Officer This qualification, explores various areas including diversity and discrimination issues in the community.
