Metro - File #: 2018-0290

• File #: 2018-0290
• Type: Informational Report
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 5/10/2018
• In control: System Safety, Security and Operations Committee
• On agenda: 6/21/2018
• Title: RECEIVE AND FILE Monthly Update on Transit Policing Performance.
• Sponsors: System Safety, Security and Operations Committee
• Indexes: Crenshaw Station, Downtown Long Beach Station, Florence Station, Hollywood/Western Station, Homeless Outreach, Housing, Informational Report, Key Performance Indicator, Law enforcement, Long Beach, Long Beach Police Department, Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles Sheriffs Department, Los Angeles Union Station, Metro Blue Line, Metro Green Line, Metro Rail A Line, Metro Rail B Line, Metro Rail C Line, Metro Red Line, Norwalk Station, Outreach, Partnerships, Pilot studies, Plan, Police, Safety and security, Security, Transit Homeless Action Plan, Uniform Crime Reporting, Willow Street Station

Meeting_Body

SYSTEM SAFETY, SECURITY AND OPERATIONS COMMITTEE
JUNE 21, 2018
Subject
SUBJECT: MONTHLY UPDATE ON TRANSIT POLICING
PERFORMANCE

Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
RECEIVE AND FILE Monthly Update on Transit Policing Performance.

Issue
ISSUE

This report reflects April 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:
April
Part 1crime activity decreased by 7.6% system-wide compared to the same period last year. The total Part 1 crimes equated to 3.4 crimes per 1 million boardings.

Part 2 crime activity increased by 14.8% system-wide compared to the same period last year.

April Summary by Mode
Part 1 crime on the rail system decreased by 9.2% compared to the same period last year. Part 1 crime on the bus system decreased by 3.1% (there was 1 less crime committed than the same period last year). The decrease in part 1 crime can be attributed to the strategic deployment of law enforcement resources to specific crime
problems and crime trends. The increase in part 2 crimes is the result of the Red Line Ancillary Operation. The operation focu...