File #: 2023-0742   
Type: Informational Report Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 12/6/2023 In control: Operations, Safety, and Customer Experience Committee
On agenda: 1/18/2024 Final action:
Title: RECEIVE AND FILE the Public Safety Report.
Sponsors: Executive Management Committee
Indexes: 7th Street/Metro Center Station, Assembly Bill 468, Barriers (Roads), Call For Projects, City of Los Angeles, Cleaning, Cleanliness (Graffiti Abatement), Construction completed, Contracts, Customer service, Design build, Division 15, Elevators, Escalators, Fare Evasion, Federal Transit Administration, Graffiti, Grand Ave Arts/Bunker Hill Station, Historic Broadway Station, Hollywood/Highland Station, Hollywood/Vine Station, Hollywood/Western Station, Housing, I-10, Informational Report, Law enforcement, Lincoln/Cypress Station, Little Tokyo/Arts District Station, Long Beach Police Department, Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles Sheriffs Department, Los Angeles Union Station, Maintenance, Metro Busway G Line, Metro Divisions, Metro Rail A Line, Metro Rail B Line, Metro Rail C Line, Metro Rail D Line, Metro Rail E Line, Metro Rail K Line, Metro Transit Ambassadors, Metro Vision 2028 Plan, Motion / Motion Response, North Hollywood Station, Plan, Property crimes, Race and ethnicity, Radio, Regional Connector Transit Corridor Project, Ridership, Safety, Safety and security, Security, Start of first construction, Subway stations, Surveys, System safety, Technical Advisory Committee, Theft, Threats, Transit buses, Transit operators, Transit safety, Uniform Crime Reporting, Vermont/Beverly Station, Violent crimes, Volume, Weapons, Westlake, Westlake/Macarthur Park Station, Wilshire/Normandie Station, Wilshire/Vermont Station, Wilshire/Western Station
Attachments: 1. Attachment A - Arrests by Race & Ethnicity Oct & Nov '23, 2. Attachment B - Total Crime Summary Oct & Nov '23, 3. Attachment C - Systemwide Law Enforcement Overview Oct & Nov '23, 4. Attachment D - MTA Supporting Data Oct & Nov '23, 5. Attachment E - Bus & Rail Operator Assaults Oct & Nov '23, 6. Attachment F - Sexual Harassment Crimes Oct & Nov '23, 7. Presentation
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OPERATIONS, SAFETY, AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE COMMITTEE
JANUARY 18, 2024
Subject
SUBJECT: MONTHLY UPDATE ON PUBLIC SAFETY

Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
RECEIVE AND FILE the Public Safety Report.

Issue
ISSUE

Metro is committed to providing outstanding trip experiences for all transportation system users. In furtherance of the Vision 2028 Plan, Metro implemented a multi-faceted plan to improve safety and safety perceptions for riders and employees. The following summarizes current initiatives to accomplish this objective and recent public safety trends.

Background
BACKGROUND

At its February 2022 meeting, the Board received and filed a Reimagining Public Safety Framework (Framework), which outlines a human-centered approach to public safety guided by the principle that everyone is entitled to a safe, dignified, and human experience. This Framework reflects Metro's Public Safety Mission and Values statements, which the Board adopted in December 2021. In March 2023, the Board adopted a revised Code of Conduct, a Bias-Free Policing Policy, and a Public Safety Analytics Policy.

These actions align with numerous initiatives to improve safety and the perception of safety on the system, including the increased, strategic, and layered deployment of personnel (comprised of customer-centered ambassadors and community intervention specialists, as well as transit security, private security, and law enforcement officers) and the piloting of safety and security interventions to address specific concerns (e.g., drug use and crime) on the system.

Discussion
DISCUSSION

System Security & Law Enforcement (SSLE) is responsible for overseeing safety initiatives on the Metro system and works in coordination with other departments, including Operations and Customer Experience, to implement strategies to advance this objective. SSLE forms the foundation of Metro's multi-layered approach to safety and security, focused spe...

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