The Boston Police Department has revealed plans to conduct fingerprint checks on all taxi drivers in the city, saying it will boost passenger safety.A press release stated that more than 6,000 taxicab drivers are in the process of being fingerprinted, which acts as a part of their annual license renewal.”This program is intended to ensure the highest standards of safety for the traveling public,” the release stated. “The Boston Police Hackney Carriage Unit, which licenses all taxicabs in Boston, will now have another investigative resource at their disposal to allow them to conduct even more thorough background checks.”Dave Sutton, spokesperson for the “Who's Driving You?” public awareness campaign told the Daily Free Press that this was the “very best way to protect the passenger public”.”A fingerprint background check is a government-conducted, fingerprint-based criminal background check, versus a background check which is not necessarily a criminal background check but one where you can sign up with a name and a social security number.”Sutton said a key question now was whether Uber and Lyft drivers would also be fingerprinted – an issue that has caused controversy in other US states.
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