Travel safe officer

Travel safe officers are uniformed employees of transport companies in the UK whose presence is intended to reassure the public and deter people from engaging in anti-social behaviour. Travel safe officers patrol the railway stations and onboard trains protecting staff and the public. They are not police officers like the British Transport Police but they may coordinate with them, nor are they Revenue Protection Inspectors who detect fare evasion. Travel safe officers are employed everywhere across the United Kingdom railway network working for various companies. Northern Rail operate and have the biggest and most successful group of travel safe officers.

Travel Safe Officers have been given certain powers from the police reform act 2002 under the Railway Safety Accreditation Scheme. And have in their arsenal the powers of the Railway byelaws. Plus, Travel Safe Officers also have the same legal rights and powers as any other member of the public.

Travel safe officers are fully vetted to level 2 standards and accredited by the British Transport Police. Officers can and will use the powers given to them which include taking details of offenders and enforcement (fixed penalty notice) which could also be removal of persons from a train or railway premises using reasonable force as a last resort, under railway bylaw 24(2).