Metro - File #: 2022-0497

• File #: 2022-0497
• Type: Informational Report
• Status: Filed
• File created: 7/18/2022
• In control: Operations, Safety, and Customer Experience Committee
• On agenda: 10/20/2022
• Final action: 10/20/2022
• Title: RECEIVE AND FILE the status report on Re-Imagining Public Safety Framework Initiatives.
• Sponsors: Operations, Safety, and Customer Experience Commit
• Indexes: 7th Street/Metro Center Station, Bids, Compton, Customer Experience Plan, Customer service, De-escalation, Gateway Cities (Southeast LA County) Service Sector, Gateway Cities subregion, Homeless Outreach, Informational Report, Law enforcement, Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles Union Station, Metro Rail A Line, Metro Rail B Line, Metro Rail D Line, Metro Rail E Line, Metro Rail K Line, Metro Transit Ambassadors, Motion / Motion Response, Police, Program, Protection, Public Safety Advisory Committee, Request For Proposal, Ridership, Safety, Safety and security, Safety programs, Security, System safety, Transit safety, Violent crimes
• Related files: 2021-0190

Date	Action By	Action	Result
10/20/2022	Operations, Safety, and Customer Experience Committee

Meeting_Body
OPERATIONS, SAFETY, AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE COMMITTEE
OCTOBER 20, 2022
Subject
SUBJECT: RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY

Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
RECEIVE AND FILE the status report on Re-Imagining Public Safety Framework Initiatives.

Issue
ISSUE

Since 2020, the Metro Board has called on staff, through various directives, to give significant attention to transforming and re-imagining Metro's public safety programs and initiatives. Shaped by feedback from the Public Safety Advisory Committee (PSAC), Metro employees, and the public, Metro is better aligning resources to the needs of the public through intentional and equity-driven public safety initiatives. This report provides a status update on Motion 26.2 initiatives (Attachment A). The Program Initiative Fact Sheets (Attachment B) summarize each effort and their status. The fact sheets also highlight where the initiative fits within the Board-approved Public Safety Values, the projected launch dates, and program elements.

Background
BACKGROUND

At its June 2020 meeting, the Board directed staff to embark on a process to reimagine public safety on Metro in response to demonstrations for racial justice and a national conversation about the appropriate role of police in our society and the threats faced by Black people during interactions with law enforcement. The Board's mandate was for the agency to work in partnership with community leaders to re-envision transit safety and community-based approaches to policing leading up to and as part of the 2022 renewal of the multiagency police contract.

Creating a new public safety model takes time, including identifying funding and staffing new initiatives. At its March 25, 2021, meeting, the Board authorized funding for specific efforts to include at least $40 million for initiatives consistent with the Equity Platform and the Customer Experience Plan. At its December 2, 2021 meeting, the Board adopted the fo...