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Type:
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Informational Report
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Status:
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Agenda Ready
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On agenda:
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11/20/2025
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Final action:
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Title:
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RECEIVE AND FILE the Public Safety Report.
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Indexes:
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7th Street/Metro Center Station, Access control (Transportation), APU/Citrus College Station, Assembly Bill 468, Barriers (Roads), Chinatown Station, City of Los Angeles, Cleaning, Cleanliness (Graffiti Abatement), Contractors, Contracts, Customer Code of Conduct, De-escalation, Del Amo Station, Downtown Los Angeles, Downtown Santa Monica Station, Elevators, Escalators, Fare Evasion, Florence Station, Gold Line Foothill Extension 2B, Graffiti, Homeless Outreach, Homeless persons, Housing, Informational Report, Lake Avenue Station, Law enforcement, Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles Sheriffs Department, Los Angeles Union Station, Maintenance, Metro Busway G Line, Metro Rail A Line, Metro Rail B Line, Metro Rail D Line, Metro Rail E Line, Metro Transit Ambassadors, Metro Vision 2028 Plan, Mitigation, North Hollywood, North Hollywood Station, Operation LA Metro Homeless Outreach, Outreach, Partnerships, Plan, Pomona, Property crimes, Public Safety Advisory Committee, Reaction time, Retrofitting, Ridership, Safety, Safety and security, San Dimas, San Pedro Street Station, Santa Monica, Security, Statistics, Strikes, Surveillance, System safety, Theft, Threats, Transit Homeless Action Plan, Uniform Crime Reporting, Vandalism, Violent crimes, Washington Station, Weapons, Westlake/Macarthur Park Station, Westside Cities subregion, Westside/Central Service Sector
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Meeting_Body OPERATIONS, SAFETY, AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE COMMITTEE NOVEMBER 20, 2025 Subject SUBJECT: MONTHLY UPDATE ON PUBLIC SAFETY Action ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE Heading RECOMMENDATION Title RECEIVE AND FILE the Public Safety Report. Issue ISSUE Metro is committed to providing outstanding trip experiences for all transportation system users. In furtherance of the Vision 2028 Plan, Metro implemented a multi-faceted plan to improve both safety outcomes and safety perceptions for riders and employees. The following summarizes current initiatives to accomplish this objective and recent public safety trends. Background BACKGROUND Within Metro's Public Safety Mission statement, the agency recognizes that every individual is entitled to a safe, dignified, and humane experience. In March 2023, the Board adopted a revised Code of Conduct, a Bias-Free Policing Policy, and a Public Safety Analytics Policy to avert racial profiling and bias in the deployment of Metro security and contract law enforcement services. In 2024, Metro enhanced its public safety model further by adopting a three-pronged strategy consisting of 1) increasing the engaged and visible presence of uniformed personnel, 2) improving access control to ensure the system is being used only for its intended purpose of transit, and 3) strengthening partnerships to address societal issues impacting our transit system, including homelessness, untreated mental illness, drug addiction, and crime, with the County, cities, regional agencies, and nonprofit partners. The actions described in this report align with numerous initiatives to improve safety and the perception of safety on the system. Discussion DISCUSSION The Metro Department of Public Safety (DPS) is responsible for overseeing safety initiatives on the Metro system, working in coordination with other departments, including Operations, Customer Experience, Risk, Corporate Safety, and Asset Management. DPS forms the foundation of... Click here for full text
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