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FINANCE, BUDGET, AND AUDIT COMMITTEE
MAY 15, 2024
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Motion by:
DIRECTORS HORVATH, HAHN, DUTRA, BUTTS, AND SOLIS, AS AMENDED BY BARGER
Enhancing Metro's Multi-Layered Public Safety Presence and Response Motion
Related to Item 15: Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) Proposed Budget
In 2017, the Metro Board of Directors approved a multi-agency law enforcement contract for a five-year base period with a not-to-exceed contract amount of $645 million. These contracts were amended seven times, including a one-year extension, for a total contract value of $916,511,952 through June 30, 2023. Anticipating the expiration of the contracts, in April 2022 Metro initiated a competitive procurement for law enforcement services, which included Metro's new Public Safety Mission, a Statement of Values, and required adherence to the agency's Bias-Free Policing and Public Safety Data Analytics Policies.
A total of five proposals were received from four proposers in response to the procurement - Beverly Hills Police Department (BHPD), Long Beach Police Department (LBPD), Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), and Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD). However, due to the proposed $1.482B cost of the 5-year multi-agency contracts, material exceptions that were taken to Metro's Bias-Free Policing and Public Safety Data Analytics Policies, and the need for greater visibility and accountability Metro cancelled the Request for Proposals (RFP), extended modified versions of the current contracts, and initiated a feasibility analysis of creating an in-house Transit Public Safety Department that could serve as an effective approach to implementing Metro's reimagined public safety plan and uphold Metro's Public Safety Mission and Value Statements.
However, a year into the new multi-agency modified contracts, there remains outstanding questions about deployment practices, response times, jurisdictional responsibilities, and the efficacy of law enforcement's limited pre...
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