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OPERATIONS, SAFETY AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE COMMITTEE
MARCH 17, 2022
Subject
SUBJECT: PUBLIC SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE (PSAC) QUARTERLY UPDATE
Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
RECEIVE AND FILE Public Safety Advisory Committee (PSAC) quarterly update.
Issue?
ISSUE
This report reflects?a quarterly update of progress in convening an advisory committee that will provide recommendations on how Metro can reimagine public safety on its system.
Background
BACKGROUND
In the June 2020 Regular Board Meeting, the Board of Directors approved motions 37 and 37.1 for Metro staff to form an advisory committee and, in partnership, develop a community-based approach to public safety on the transit system. Staff is to report back quarterly.
Discussion?
DISCUSSION
General PSAC Meeting Highlights
From November through February, we've had eight (8) general PSAC meetings. In these meetings, the following items were discussed:
Approval of the mission and values statements for public safety on Metro, Discussed and approved the recommendations for the contract extensions for the multi-agency policing contracts,
Approved the forthcoming infrastructure protection services and law enforcement services scope of work recommendations,
Approved the recommendations on a pilot Transit Ambassador program, Discussed the results of Metro's Public Safety Survey,
Approved the Home at Last (HAL) Short-term Shelter Program recommendations,
Received a FY22 public safety budget and FY23 budget presentation from the Metro Office of Management and Budget,
Received a Metro's Budget Equity Assessment tool (MBEAT) presentation, and
Received an update on the initiatives related to Motion 26.2.
Ad-Hoc Subcommittee Meetings
From November through February, we've had four (4) Infrastructure Protection Services meetings, five (5) Policing Practices meetings, seven (7) Non-Law Enforcement Alternatives meetings, and five (5) Community Engagement m...
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