Metro - File #: 2019-0229

• File #: 2019-0229
• Type: Informational Report
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 4/9/2019
• In control: Operations, Safety, and Customer Experience Committee
• On agenda: 5/16/2019
• Title: RECEIVE AND FILE Transit Safety and Security Report.
• Sponsors: Operations, Safety, and Customer Experience Commit
• Indexes: Blue Line Improvement, Division 11, Gateway Cities (Southeast LA County) Service Sector, Gateway Cities subregion, Homeless Outreach, Homeless persons, Housing, Informational Report, Key Performance Indicator, Law enforcement, Long Beach, Long Beach Police Department, Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles Sheriffs Department, Los Angeles Union Station, Metro Blue Line, Metro Divisions, Metro Rail A Line, Metro Red Line, Operation LA Metro Homeless Outreach, Outreach, Pilot studies, Police, Police reports, Property crimes, Quality of life, Quality of work, Safety and security, Security, Transients, Transit Homeless Action Plan, Transit safety, Uniform Crime Reporting, Wardlow Station

Meeting_Body

OPERATIONS, SAFETY AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE COMMITTEE
MAY 16, 2019

Subject
SUBJECT: MONTHLY UPDATE ON TRANSIT SAFETY AND SECURITY PERFORMANCE

Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
RECEIVE AND FILE Transit Safety and Security Report.

Issue
ISSUE
This report reflects March 2019 performance data as reported under the transit policing deployment strategy which is a combination of in-house fare compliance officers, private security for fixed assets and a multi-agency law enforcement deployment strategy by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD), and Long Beach Police Department (LBPD). The information in this report summarizes Crimes Against Persons, Crimes Against Property, and Crimes Against Society data under Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, average emergency response times, assaults on bus operators, and Metro's fare compliance and homeless outreach efforts. The Six Key Performance Indicators (KPI) are Uniform Crime Reporting guidelines, Average Emergency Response Times, Percentage of Time Spent on the System, Ratio of Staffing Levels vs Vacant Assignments, Ratio of Proactive vs Dispatched Activity, and Number of Grade Crossing Operations.

BACKGROUND
UCR is a National Incident-Based Reporting System from the US Department of Justice. It captures crime offenses in one of three categories: Crimes Against Persons,
Crimes Against Property, and Crimes Against Society.

Discussion
DISCUSSION

Crime stats are as follows:

Crimes Against Persons
For the month of March 2019, crimes against persons increased by 30 crimes system-wide compared to the same period last year.

Crimes Against Property
For the month of March 2019, crimes against property increased by 1 crime system-wide compared to the same period last year.

Crimes Against Society
For the month of March 2019, crimes against society decreased by 8 crimes system-wide compared to the same peri...