File #: 2022-0364   
Type: Informational Report Status: Filed
File created: 5/18/2022 In control: Operations, Safety, and Customer Experience Committee
On agenda: 6/16/2022 Final action: 6/16/2022
Title: RECEIVE AND FILE Transit Safety and Security Report.
Sponsors: Operations, Safety, and Customer Experience Commit
Indexes: Audit, Bus Maintenance Projects, Call For Projects, Contract administration, Elevators, Informational Report, Law enforcement, Long Beach Police Department, Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles Sheriffs Department, Maintenance, Maintenance of way, Maintenance practices, Safety, Safety and security, Security, Surveys, Transit safety, Uniform Crime Reporting, Vehicle fires
Attachments: 1. Attachment A - Systemwide Law Enforcement Overview April 2022, 2. Attachment B - MTA Supporting Data April 2022, 3. Attachment C - Transit Police Summary April 2022, 4. Attachment D - Monthly, Bi-Annual, Annual Comparison April 2022, 5. Attachment E - Violent, Prop, and Part 1 Crimes April 2022, 6. Attachment F - Demographics Data April 2022, 7. Attachment G - Bus Operator Assaults April 2022, 8. Attachment H - Sexual Harassment Crimes April 2022
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OPERATIONS, SAFETY AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE COMMITTEE
JUNE 16, 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

Metro's mission is to provide high quality, courteous security across all Metro rails, buses, and facilities so that every rider feels safe while using the Metro system. SSLE has implemented several initiatives aimed at educating people of all ages on how to safely ride public transportation, as well as provided riders with the tools to report crime and foster an environment where they are empowered to look out for themselves and each other. Additionally, SSLE has partnered with contracted law enforcement agencies to ensure that there are community outreach events across all law enforcement jurisdictions. This is so that the riding public may familiarize themselves with the individuals that keep them safe. Finally, SSLE continues to incorporate several data-driven processes to analyze a wide array of safety related issues, such as crime committed on the system, Officer/Deputy presence on the system, ridership demographics, and quality assurance surveys. Using this data, SSLE formulates solutions to problems, a...

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