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Type:
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Informational Report
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Status:
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Filed
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On agenda:
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6/27/2024
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Final action:
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6/27/2024
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Title:
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RECEIVE AND FILE a status report on strategies to improve safety for Metro riders and employees in response to Motion 34.1.
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Indexes:
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Access control (Transportation), Alignment, Americans With Disabilities Act, APU/Citrus College Station, Ara Najarian, Artificial intelligence, Assembly Bill 468, Bias-Free Policing Policy, Board approved a Motion, Bus Operations Control Center, Central Los Angeles subregion, City of Los Angeles, Cleaning, Cleanliness (Graffiti Abatement), Contractors, Databases, De-escalation, Downtown Santa Monica Station, Elevators, Fare Evasion, Grant Aid, Hilda Solis, Housing, Informational Report, It's Off Limits, James Butts, Janice Hahn, Kathryn Barger, Law enforcement, Law enforcement personnel, Long Beach, Long Beach Police Department, Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles Sheriffs Department, Macarthur Park, Maintenance, Maintenance facilities, Maps, Metro Rail A Line, Metro Rail B Line, Metro Rail C Line, Motion / Motion Response, North Hollywood, Norwalk, Norwalk Station, Outreach, Partnerships, Paul Krekorian, Payment, Pilot studies, Police, Privacy, Program, Property management, Public policy, Public Safety Analytics Policy, Purchasing, Rail Operations Control Center, Research, Research management, Ridership, Safety, Safety and security, Safety vehicles, Security, State laws, State Of Good Repair, Station 0636, Statistics, Surveillance, Surveys, System safety, System Safety Management, System Safety Program, Testing, Threats, Training programs, Transit Homeless Action Plan, Transit operators, Transit Oriented Community, Transit safety, Transit System, Uniform Crime Reporting, Vandalism, Vehicle safety, Video, Violent crimes, Visibility, Weapons, Westlake, Westlake/Macarthur Park Station, Westside/Central Service Sector
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Meeting_Body REGULAR BOARD MEETING JUNE 27, 2024 Subject SUBJECT: RESPONSE TO MOTION 34.1 IMPROVING SAFETY FOR METRO RIDERS AND EMPLOYEES Action ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE Heading RECOMMENDATION Title RECEIVE AND FILE a status report on strategies to improve safety for Metro riders and employees in response to Motion 34.1. Issue ISSUE At its April 2024 meeting, the Board approved Motion 34.1 (Attachment A) by Directors Barger, Krekorian, Hahn, Najarian, Butts, and Solis, directing staff to provide an update on current strategies - and research potential new ones - to improve safety for Metro riders and employees, and report back to the Board in 60 days. This report provides an analysis of crime and arrest data; a progress update on station interventions and gate-hardening efforts; an overview and recommendations of potential technologies to secure the system and detect weapons; and an overview of opportunities for improved partnerships with local law enforcement agencies, the District Attorney's Office, the Probation Department, local court systems and the legislature to strengthen penalties for crimes against transit employees, and ensure those who commit crimes are prosecuted and barred from the system. Background BACKGROUND Over the last 90 days, Metro employees and customers have experienced several random acts of violence, including a bus hijacking, a homicide at a rail station, and a homicide on a bus. Although the perpetrators behind these three incidents have been apprehended by law enforcement, these consecutive violent incidents, together with an escalation in the severity of bus operator assaults, and frequency of altercations between riders on the system have increased concerns and heightened fears about the safety and security of the Metro system. Transit agencies around the country are having similar experiences, which illustrates the seriousness of drug addiction and untreated mental illness crises that are fueling much of the v... Click here for full text
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