Metro - File #: 2022-0583

• File #: 2022-0583
• Type: Informational Report
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 8/25/2022
• In control: Operations, Safety, and Customer Experience Committee
• On agenda: 9/15/2022
• Title: RECEIVE AND FILE the: A. Public Safety Advisory Committee (PSAC) Impact Evaluation Report (Attachment A); and B. CEO Work Plan in response to the Report recommendations.
• Sponsors: Planning and Programming Committee
• Indexes: Assembly Bill 468, Informational Report, Law enforcement, Metro Transit Ambassadors, Persons with disabilities, Plan, Police, Public Safety Advisory Committee, Ridership, Safety, Safety and security, Safety programs, Security, Strategic planning, System Safety Program, Transit Homeless Action Plan, Transit safety

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OPERATIONS, SAFETY, AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE COMMITTEE
SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Subject
SUBJECT: PUBLIC SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE EVALUATION AND NEXT STEPS

Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
RECEIVE AND FILE the:

A. Public Safety Advisory Committee (PSAC) Impact Evaluation Report (Attachment A); and

B. CEO Work Plan in response to the Report recommendations.

Issue
ISSUE

Metro appreciates the role that PSAC has played in bringing an external perspective to how Metro approaches safety and security, with a specific focus on operationalizing alternatives to law enforcement. PSAC's role in advancing new policies and programs has been significant, and the CEO agrees that it is important to continue this advisory committee.
At its June 23, 2022 meeting, the Board asked the CEO to return during the September 2022 Board meetingwith more details and proposed refinements to the PSAC Impact Evaluation Report recommendations provided by Wanda Dunham Consultants (WDC), the third-party evaluator who assessed the effectiveness of Metro's PSAC. The CEO workplan in response to the recommendations is outlined in this report.

Background
BACKGROUND

Metro remains committed to reimaging public safety and improving the experience for Metro's riders through the deployment of community-based alternatives to law enforcement, ongoing monitoring of safety and security programs, and the incorporation of input and refinements regarding the efficacy of interventions consistent with Metro's Public Safety Mission and Values Statement.

Over the past year and a half, PSAC has provided advisement and recommendations to the CEO and the Board on how to holistically implement a reimagined public safety approach. The advisory committee provided guidance on the development of a community-based approach to public safety, provided input on the development of the multi-agency policing contract renewal, reviewed the Customer Code of Conduct, inpu...