Metro - File #: 2018-0012

• File #: 2018-0012
• Type: Informational Report
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 1/25/2018
• In control: System Safety, Security and Operations Committee
• On agenda: 3/15/2018
• Title: RECEIVE AND FILE Monthly Update on Transit Policing Performance.
• Sponsors: System Safety, Security and Operations Committee
• Indexes: Hollywood/Highland Station, Homeless Outreach, Housing, Informational Report, Irwindale Station, Key Performance Indicator, Law enforcement, Light rail transit, Long Beach, Long Beach Police Department, Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles Sheriffs Department, Los Angeles Union Station, Metro Blue Line, Metro Divisions, Metro Gold Line, Metro Green Line, Metro Rail A Line, Metro Red Line, Outreach, Pilot studies, Police, Safety and security, Security, Surveys, Transit Homeless Action Plan, Uniform Crime Reporting, Wardlow Station, Weapons, Willow Street Station, Willowbrook/Rosa Parks Station

Meeting_Body

SYSTEM SAFETY, SECURITY AND OPERATIONS COMMITTEE
MARCH 15, 2018
Subject
SUBJECT: MONTHLY UPDATE ON TRANSIT POLICING
PERFORMANCE

Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
RECEIVE AND FILE Monthly Update on Transit Policing Performance.

Issue
ISSUE

This report reflects January 2018 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 system-wide Part 1 and Part 2 crime data, average emergency response times, assaults on bus operators, and Metro's fare compliance and homeless outreach efforts. The Six Key Performance Indicators (KPI) are System Wide Part 1 and Part 2 Crimes, 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.

Discussion
DISCUSSION

Crime stats are as follows:

January
Part 1 crime activity decreased by 19.7% system-wide compared to the same period last year. The total Part 1 crimes equated to 3.3 crimes per 1 million boardings.

Part 2 crime activity decreased by 22.1% system-wide compared to the same period last year.


January Summary by Mode
Part 1 crime on the rail system decreased by 11.5% compared to the same period last year. Part 1 crime on the bus system decreased by 35.6% (there were 16 less crimes committed than the same period last year). The decrease in crime can be attributed to law enforcement analytic and proactive work on areas where crime was reported high.

Bus Operator Assaults:
There were nine (9) bus operator assaults reported in January, resulting in a 47.1% decre...