Metro - File #: 2018-0409

• File #: 2018-0409
• Type: Informational Report
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 6/19/2018
• In control: Operations, Safety, and Customer Experience Committee
• On agenda: 7/19/2018
• Title: RECEIVE AND FILE Monthly Update on Transit Policing Performance.
• Sponsors: System Safety, Security and Operations Committee
• Indexes: 7th Street/Metro Center Station, Compton Station, Downtown Long Beach Station, Homeless Outreach, Housing, Informational Report, Key Performance Indicator, Law enforcement, Law enforcement personnel, Long Beach Police Department, Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles Sheriffs Department, Los Angeles Union Station, Metro Blue Line, Metro Divisions, Metro Rail A Line, Metro Rail B Line, Metro Rail C Line, Metro Red Line, Operation LA Metro Homeless Outreach, Outreach, Pacific Coast Highway Station, Partnerships, Pilot studies, Plan, Police, Safety and security, Security, Slauson Station, Theft, Transit Homeless Action Plan, Uniform Crime Reporting, Wardlow Station, Weapons, Willowbrook/Rosa Parks Station

Meeting_Body

OPERATIONS, SAFETY AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE COMMITTEE
JULY 19, 2018
Subject
SUBJECT: MONTHLY UPDATE ON TRANSIT POLICING
PERFORMANCE

Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE

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RECOMMENDATION

Title
RECEIVE AND FILE Monthly Update on Transit Policing Performance.

Issue
ISSUE

This report reflects May 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:
May
Crime on the transit system continues to decrease since the implementation of the multi-agency model in July 2017. Overall crime is down by 25.2%; Part 1 crime is down by 41.8% and Part 2 crime by 3%. That being said, there was an uptick in May 2018 as compared to May 2017. The increase in crime is partially due to a series of bus/rail cell phone thefts conducted by an organized team. The law enforcement team addressed the cell phone thefts by conducting a series of operations to identify and arrest the perpetrators. An additional factor that affected the increase resulted from the surge conducted on the Red Line to prevent trespassing into secure ancillary spaces. In response to safety and security concerns raised by Metr...