Metro - File #: 2022-0176

• File #: 2022-0176
• Type: Informational Report
• Status: Filed
• File created: 3/17/2022
• In control: Operations, Safety, and Customer Experience Committee
• On agenda: 4/21/2022
• Final action: 4/21/2022
• Title: RECEIVE AND FILE Transit Safety and Security Report.
• Sponsors: Operations, Safety, and Customer Experience Commit
• Indexes: Assembly Bill 468, Audit, Budget, Budgeting, Bus Maintenance Projects, Call For Projects, Contract administration, Contracts, De-escalation, Elevators, Homeless Outreach, Informational Report, It's Off Limits, Law enforcement, Long Beach Police Department, Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles Sheriffs Department, Maintenance, Maintenance of way, Maintenance practices, Metro Divisions, Metro Rail A Line, Metro Transit Ambassadors, Minutes, Police, Public Safety Advisory Committee, Race, Safety, Safety and security, Security, Surveys, System safety, System Safety Management, System Safety Program, Transit centers, Transit Homeless Action Plan, Transit safety, Uniform Crime Reporting, Vehicle fires, Visibility

Date	Action By	Action	Result
4/21/2022	Operations, Safety, and Customer Experience Committee

Meeting_Body
OPERATIONS, SAFETY AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE COMMITTEE
APRIL 21, 2022

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

As of June 2021, Metro System Security & Law Enforcement (SSLE) has revised and updated the performance data to improve accuracy and details related to KPIs for its multi-agency law enforcement deployment strategies provided by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD), and Long Beach Police Department (LBPD). To avoid discrepancies related to crime reclassifications and maintain consistency with contract terms and conditions, SSLE will have all data submitted by the 15th of every month. This will provide ample time for staff to review, thereby providing the Board with complete and accurate data.

Background
BACKGROUND

The following sections provide data, trends, and updates on SSLE initiatives to help improve public safety on the Metro system.

Discussion
DISCUSSION

LAW ENFORCEMENT CONTRACT COMPLIANCE

Technical Review
The SSLE Administration and Compliance Unit continue to verify that all field Officers/Deputies on duty are tapping their Metro-issued badges at all TAP machines when patrolling Metro buses, trains, and rail stations/corridors. This ensures high visibility for riders utilizing Metro's services, while also establishing a method of accountability for our contracted law enforcement personnel.
The Compliance Unit reviewed TAP reports provided by Metro's TAP Department against law enforcement deployment documents to verify that Officers/Deputies are tapping at turnstiles and/or readers. The data reviewed encompasses the months of December 2021 through February 2022. Upon reviewing the TAP reports and daily deployment information, it was determined that law enforcement partners are tapping their Metro badges ...