File #: 2021-0152   
Type: Informational Report Status: Filed
File created: 3/18/2021 In control: Operations, Safety, and Customer Experience Committee
On agenda: 4/15/2021 Final action: 4/15/2021
Title: RECEIVE AND FILE Transit Safety and Security Report.
Sponsors: Operations, Safety, and Customer Experience Commit
Indexes: Audit, Informational Report, Law enforcement, Long Beach Police Department, Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles Sheriffs Department, Police, Safety and security, Security, Transit safety
Attachments: 1. Attachment A - Systemwide Law Enforcement Overview February 2021, 2. Attachment A - Systemwide Law Enforcement Overview March 2021, 3. Attachment B - MTA Supporting Data February 2021, 4. Attachment B - MTA Supporting Data March 2021, 5. Attachment C - Transit Police Summary February 2021, 6. Attachment C - Transit Police Summary March 2021, 7. Attachment D - Monthly, Bi-Annual, Annual Comparison February 2021, 8. Attachment D - Monthly, Bi-Annual, Annual Comparison March 2021, 9. Attachment E - Sexual Crime_Harassment Calls for Service_February 2021, 10. Attachment F - Violent, Prop, and Part 1 Crimes - March 2021 Board Report, 11. Attachment F - Violent, Prop, and Part 1 Crimes - April 2021 Board Report, 12. Attachment G - Div 1 & 2 Fires and Safety, 13. Attachment H - LAFD Report on Divs 1&2
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OPERATIONS, SAFETY AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE COMMITTEE?
APRIL ?15, 2021
Subject

SUBJECT: MONTHLY UPDATE ON TRANSIT SAFETY AND SECURITY PERFORMANCE

Action

ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE

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RECOMMENDATION

Title
RECEIVE AND FILE Transit Safety and Security Report.

Issue
ISSUE
This report reflects?February and March 2021?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). In addition, the report highlights initiatives from the System Security and Law Enforcement department and its efforts to create a safer environment for Metro employees and a safer experience for Metro customers.
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BACKGROUND
The System Security and Law Enforcement (SSLE) department entered into a multi-agency policing partnership in 2017 to increase the number of police on the Metro system to provide a greater, more visible "felt presence" of police to help deter criminal activity on Metro buses and trains.

Discussion
DISCUSSION

LAW ENFORCEMENT CONTRACT COMPLIANCE?
The SSLE compliance group continues to work on contract performance audits of the three (3) Law Enforcement Contracts, effective February 14, 2021, we used Metro's TAP reports and compared the data with the submitted law enforcement daily deployment schedules observing the adherence to ride Metro buses and trains, and patrol bus and rail stations/corridors at contracted locations. This requires all Officers and Deputies on duty to TAP their issued Metro Badge at all TAP machines when boarding buses, riding trains, and accessing rail stations/corridors.?The sample size?encompasses?fifteen (15)?days, one shift and location.?The Metro TAP technical field audit resulted in the follow...

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