Metro - File #: 2020-0169

• File #: 2020-0169
• Type: Informational Report
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 2/25/2020
• In control: Operations, Safety, and Customer Experience Committee
• On agenda: 3/19/2020
• Title: RECEIVE AND FILE Transit Safety and Security Report.
• Sponsors: Operations, Safety, and Customer Experience Commit
• Indexes: Central Los Angeles subregion, City of Los Angeles, Downtown Los Angeles, Homeless Outreach, Homeless persons, Informational Report, It's Off Limits, Key Performance Indicator, Law enforcement, Long Beach Police Department, Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles Sheriffs Department, Los Angeles Union Station, Maps, Memorandum Of Understanding, Metro Rail A Line, Outreach, Pilot studies, Police, Police reports, Program, Property crimes, Safety, Safety and security, San Fernando Valley subregion, Security, South Bay Cities subregion, Surveys, Testing, Transit Homeless Action Plan, Transit safety, Uniform Crime Reporting, Westside Cities subregion

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OPERATIONS, SAFETY AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE COMMITTEE
EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
MARCH 19, 2020

Subject
SUBJECT: MONTHLY UPDATE ON TRANSIT SAFETY AND SECURITY PERFORMANCE

Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
RECEIVE AND FILE Transit Safety and Security Report.

Issue
ISSUE
This report reflects January 2020 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 Crimes Against Persons, Crimes Against Property, and Crimes Against Society data under Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, average emergency response times, assaults on bus operators, and Metro's fare compliance and homeless outreach efforts. The Six Key Performance Indicators (KPI) are Uniform Crime Reporting guidelines, 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.

BACKGROUND
UCR is a National Incident-Based Reporting System from the US Department of Justice. It captures crime offenses in one of three categories: Crimes Against Persons,
Crimes Against Property, and Crimes Against Society.

Discussion
DISCUSSION

DEPLOYMENT ANALYSIS AND FORMULA DEVELOPMENT
The System Security and Law Enforcement (SSLE) is currently reviewing its deployment practices and developing strategies to achieve a higher felt presence on the system with existing resources. This assessment includes conducting an in-depth deployment analysis of where all levels of security and law enforcement are deployed. We are working with our law enforcement partners to underst...