Metro - File #: 2021-0243

• File #: 2021-0243
• Type: Informational Report
• Status: Filed
• File created: 4/16/2021
• In control: Operations, Safety, and Customer Experience Committee
• On agenda: 5/20/2021
• Final action: 5/20/2021
• Title: RECEIVE AND FILE Transit Safety and Security Report.
• Sponsors: Operations, Safety, and Customer Experience Commit
• Indexes: Access Board, Board approved a Motion, Bus Maintenance Projects, Certification, Cleaning, Homeless Outreach, Housing, Informational Report, Law enforcement, Long Beach Police Department, Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles Sheriffs Department, Maintenance, Maintenance of way, Maintenance practices, Metro Divisions, Pilot studies, Police, Police reports, Public Safety Advisory Committee, Safety, Safety and security, Security, Surveys, Transit Homeless Action Plan, Transit safety, Uniform Crime Reporting, Vehicle fires

Date	Action By	Action	Result
5/20/2021	Operations, Safety, and Customer Experience Committee

Meeting_Body
OPERATIONS, SAFETY AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE COMMITTEE?
MAY ?20, 2021
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?April 2021?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.
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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
The SSLE Administration and Compliance unit continues to work on contract performance reviews of the three (3) law enforcement contracts, effective February 14, 2021, a Technical Review of Responsibilities was conducted. The purpose of this review was to observe the adherence to contract specific responsibilities, which in part holds our law enforcement partners responsible for riding Metro buses and trains, patrol buses, rail stations/corridors, and maintaining high visibility at key Metro critical infrastructure contracted locations.
The review entails a deployment sample, where documentation regarding field personnel is evaluated for one (1) shift, location, and for a period of fifteen (15) da...