Security guards on Dublin Bus

Do these security actually exist? I am in Dublin City Centre every single day and I have yet to travel or see any other bus with security on board or at any bus stops. Looks like this was done purely PR purposes and there is little to no security in reality.

Has anyone encountered these security on their travels or have any of the DB drivers on here have any dealings with them?

This was always going to be the case. It was always either PR or political spin when the idea of transport police was floated.

To run the Dublin Bus fleet, across all the shifts and rest days, there are 3000 drivers.

If these security are working in twos, and say they covered 20% of busses, you'd need 1,200 staff to cover them. That's probably close to the amount of Gardai we have in the entire area of Dublin.

And even if there was 1200 security staff, they'd be hopping between busses. So say they were on the 16 to the airport, but hopped off for another bus on O'Connell at. All that wood happen is, anyone scummy enough to start acting up or engage in anti social behaviour will start acting a fool when security aren't there.

So 1200 staff for realistic 20% coverage Vs 2 units now. It was never going to work. That's not their fault. It's just hugely intensive in manpower to achieve such visibility.

The city centre has high anti social behaviour. Junkies and Roma pickpockets everywhere. Also given it's the main hub for the majority of DB services it would be the very place you'd expect to see them.

So 2 mobile units for 1.1k buses so that's what 4 security guards with absolutely no power for the entire network. What's the point. It's a PR exercise not a solution for ASB.

Also the security guards aren't much use in themselves. There was a video recently of someone being pickpocketed on the Luas and the security had to ask a member of the public to hold down the thief until the Gardai arrived. So the security companies won't even allow them to do a citizens arrest which is about the only power they have.

I've yet to see any security - as a daily user of the G2 I thought I would. I had to get off before we even departed the terminus due to a fight between passengers last week.

Most people with cop on can avoid a street situation. You cant avoid a siituation on the bus, unfortunately.

I get 4-6 buses per day, sometimes could be as many as 10 journeys. I've never had my ticket inspected on a bus in Dublin.