File #: 2020-0732   
Type: Informational Report Status: Filed
File created: 10/16/2020 In control: Operations, Safety, and Customer Experience Committee
On agenda: 11/19/2020 Final action: 11/19/2020
Title: RECEIVE AND FILE Transit Safety and Security Report
Sponsors: Executive Management Committee
Indexes: Audit, Bus Maintenance Projects, Call For Projects, Contractors, Emergency Operations Center, Homeless Outreach, Housing, Informational Report, Law enforcement, Long Beach Police Department, Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles Sheriffs Department, Maintenance, Maintenance facilities, Maintenance of way, Maintenance practices, Maps, Metro Center Street Project, Police, Police reports, Safety, Safety and security, Security, Transit Homeless Action Plan, Transit safety, Uniform Crime Reporting, Vehicle fires, Video
Attachments: 1. Attachment A - Systemwide Law Enforcement Overview September & October 2020, 2. Attachment B - MTA Supporting Data September & October 2020, 3. Attachment C - Transit Police Summary September & October 2020, 4. Attachment D - Homeless Update September & October 2020, 5. Attachment E - Monthly, Bi-Annual, Annual Comparison September & October 2020, 6. Presentation
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OPERATIONS, SAFETY AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE COMMITTEE
NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Subject
SUBJECT: MONTHLY UPDATE ON TRANSIT SAFETY AND SECURITY PERFORMANCE

Action
ACTION:RECEIVE AND FILE

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
RECEIVE AND FILE Transit Safety and Security Report

Issue
ISSUE
This report reflects September and October 2020 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). In addition, the report highlights initiatives from the System Security and Law Enforcement department and its efforts to create a safer environment for Metro employees and a safer experience for Metro customers.

BACKGROUND
The System Security and Law Enforcement (SSLE) department entered into a multi-agency policing partnership in 2017 to increase the number of police on the Metro system to provide a greater, more visible "felt presence" of police to help deter criminal activity on Metro buses and trains.

Discussion
DISCUSSION

LAW ENFORCEMENT CONTRACT COMPLIANCE
In September 2020, the SSLE compliance group began using reports generated by the Axiom, Mobile Device Manager (MDM) system and comparing the data with the submitted law enforcement daily deployment schedules to validate which Officers logged into the MPV application, at what time, for what location, and at which point they logged off. Additionally, beginning October 2020, the SSLE staff utilized the Lex-Ray application to view real-time video footage to validate officer locations. The purpose of this exercise is to ensure compliance with the Metro policing contract. This audit entailed two distinct proces...

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