File #: 2023-0524   
Type: Informational Report Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 8/8/2023 In control: Operations, Safety, and Customer Experience Committee
On agenda: 9/21/2023 Final action:
Title: RECEIVE AND FILE Public Safety Report.
Sponsors: Executive Management Committee
Indexes: 7th Street/Metro Center Station, Assembly Bill 468, Barriers (Roads), Call For Projects, Central Los Angeles subregion, City of Los Angeles, Civic Center/Grand Park Station, Cleanliness (Graffiti Abatement), Contracts, Design build, Elevators, Escalators, Graffiti, Historic Broadway Station, Homeless Outreach, Informational Report, Law enforcement, Link Union Station, Long Beach Police Department, Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles Sheriffs Department, Los Angeles Union Station, Macarthur Park, Metro Busway J Line, Metro Rail A Line, Metro Rail B Line, Metro Rail D Line, Metro Transit Ambassadors, Non-destination travelers, North Hollywood Station, Pershing Square Station, Plan, Police, Red Line MOS-1, Red Line MOS-2 West, Regional Connector Transit Corridor Project, Retrofitting, Safety, Safety and security, Security, South Pasadena Station, Station 0602, Station 0608, Statistics, Surveys, System safety, Testing, Transit boards, Transit Homeless Action Plan, Uniform Crime Reporting, Westlake, Westlake/Macarthur Park Station, Westside/Central Service Sector, Willowbrook/Rosa Parks Station, Wilshire/Vermont Station
Attachments: 1. Attachment A - Total Crime Summary June & July 2023, 2. Attachment B - Systemwide Law Enforcement Overview June & July 2023, 3. Attachment C - MTA Supporting Data June & July 2023, 4. Attachment D - Bus & Rail Operator Assaults June & July 2023, 5. Attachment E - Sexual Harassment Crimes June & July 2023, 6. Presentation
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OPERATIONS, SAFETY, AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE COMMITTEE
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
Subject
SUBJECT: MONTHLY UPDATE ON PUBLIC SAFETY

Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
RECEIVE AND FILE Public Safety Report.

Issue
ISSUE

Metro is committed to providing outstanding trip experiences for all users of the transportation system. In furtherance of the Vision 2028 Plan, Metro is implementing a multi-faceted plan to improve safety and the perceptions of safety for both riders and employees. The following summarizes current initiatives aimed at accomplishing this objective and recent public safety trends.

Background
BACKGROUND

At its February 2022 meeting, the Board received and filed a Reimagining Public Safety Framework (Framework) which outlines a human-centered approach to public safety guided by the principle that everyone is entitled to a safe, dignified, and human experience. This Framework reflects Metro's Public Safety Mission and Values statements which were adopted by the Board in December 2021. In March 2023, the Board adopted a revised Code of Conduct, a Bias-Free Policing Policy, and a Public
Safety Analytics Policy.

These actions align with numerous initiatives to improve safety and the perception of safety on the system, including the increased, strategic, and layered deployment of personnel (comprised of customer-centered ambassadors and community intervention specialists, as well as transit security and law enforcement officers) and the piloting of safety and security interventions to address specific concerns (e.g., drug use and crime) on the system.

Discussion
DISCUSSION

System Security & Law Enforcement (SSLE) is responsible for overseeing safety initiatives on the Metro system and works in coordination with other departments, including Operations and Customer Experience, to implement strategies to advance this objective. The following is a snapshot of June and July activities which are the most rece...

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