Metro - File #: 2023-0406

• File #: 2023-0406
• Type: Informational Report
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 6/7/2023
• In control: Operations, Safety, and Customer Experience Committee
• On agenda: 7/20/2023
• Title: RECEIVE AND FILE quarterly status report on Metro's Public Safety Advisory Committee (PSAC).
• Sponsors: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• Indexes: Accessibility, Americans With Disabilities Act, Assembly Bill 468, Board approved a Motion, Cleanliness (Graffiti Abatement), Housing, Informational Report, Law enforcement, Los Angeles Police Department, Metro Rail B Line, Metro Rail D Line, Metro Transit Ambassadors, Partnerships, Persons with disabilities, Pilot studies, Police, Public Safety Advisory Committee, Ridership, Safety, Safety and security, Security, System safety, Transit safety, Westlake/Macarthur Park Station

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OPERATIONS, SAFETY, AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE COMMITTEE
JULY 20, 2023

Subject
SUBJECT: PUBLIC SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE QUARTERLY REPORT

Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE

Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
RECEIVE AND FILE quarterly status report on Metro's Public Safety Advisory Committee (PSAC).

Issue
ISSUE

In June 2020, the Board approved motions directing Metro staff to form an advisory committee that would contribute to developing a community-based approach to public safety on the transit system. This Board report provides a quarterly update on the work of the Public Safety Advisory Committee (PSAC).

Background
BACKGROUND

Metro established the first cohort of PSAC as a pilot on April 7, 2021. During their 16-month term, they 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, input on Metro's mission and value statements regarding public safety, and guided the establishment of Metro's Transit Ambassador's program, among other accomplishments. Given that PSAC was established to cover specific objectives over a designated time period, their work concluded on August 17, 2022. At the September 2022 Board meeting, the CEO provided a report with recommendations to continue the PSAC. The second cohort was established on February 25, 2023, and will serve for two years through February 2025.

Executive Committee
PSAC elected an executive committee to serve from February 2023 to February 2024.
Jeremy Oliver-Ronceros, Chair
Misty Wilks, Vice-Chair
Catherine Baltazar, Secretary

Work Plan Objectives
On April 3, 2023, the PSAC Executive Committee met with CEO Wiggins to co-develop the committee's work plan for the first year. The work plan outlines five objectives that frame the scope of work of the PSAC to enhance the customer experience by addressing safety concerns on the system. Under each o...