Amicus Says RAC 'Policing' Role for Drivers Puts Their Safety at Risk

LONDON, December 5 -- Amicus has reacted angrily to news articles which suggest that an agreement has been reached between the police and RAC whereby RAC employees would act as a look out in crime riddled areas.

In a piece in yesterday's Mail on Sunday, the RAC admitted they had agreed to place their drivers in areas where crime is rife and alert police to anything suspicious but Amicus, the union which represents RAC drivers, said any agreement had been made without consultation with the trade unions and threatened the safety of its' members.

Amicus officer, Harry Howard, said today, "If this is article is correct, and the RAC seem to have corroborated it, I will register my very grave concerns at what appears to be the reckless endangerment of my members safety.

"All responsible citizens would report any criminal activity to the police but to ask RAC mobile patrols to sit in brightly coloured vans in these areas and to operate in a quasi police role will put our members at real physical risk and, in my opinion, tantamount to a criminal act in itself."

Amicus has written to Nigel Paget, Operations Director for RAC Motoring Services, to voice its concerns and ask for an urgent review of the practice.

For further information, please call Catherine Bithell in the Amicus press office on +44-207-408-909 or +44-7958-473-224