Police recruit Wollongong cabbies to keep watch for hidden elder abuse

Angela Thompson
Updated September 11 2018 - 7:47pm, first published 7:00pm
NSW Taxi Council's Martin Rogers, Rima Elhage, Acting Insp Charles Hutchins, Mahamad Choubassi, Sen Con Sharon White and Illawarra Taxi Network GM John Meagas-General.
NSW Taxi Council's Martin Rogers, Rima Elhage, Acting Insp Charles Hutchins, Mahamad Choubassi, Sen Con Sharon White and Illawarra Taxi Network GM John Meagas-General.

Wollongong police have recruited the city’s taxi drivers as their eyes and ears, in a ramped-up bid to stamp out elder abuse. 

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Angela Thompson

Angela Thompson

Journalist

Proudly Illawarra Mercury since 2008; these days covering crime and justice issues. UOW alum. Thrilled by the chase and sobered by some of the things I see and hear when I stand still - sometimes in the same day. ang.thompson@austcommunitymedia.com.au

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