LA County MTA board today voted to enter into 5-year agreements with the cities of Los Angeles and Long Beach for law enforcement services effective July 1st as they seek to improved response times and service delivery.
As result contract with LA County Sheriff's Department which currently patrols entire metro system will be reduced to coverage of only areas outside jurisdictions of the cities of Los Angeles and Long Beach.
The proposal calls for LAPD to establish a "Transit" division fielding 168 personnel per day covering the following:
> Entire Red Line;
> Entire Purple Line;
> Entire Orange Line;
> Portions of the Blue Line, Gold Line, Expo Line, Green Line, and Silver line within the City of Los Angeles
> Metro bus service within the City of Los Angeles.
Long Beach will provide law enforcement services fielding 14 field personnel covering
>10 Blue Line stations
> Metro bus service within City of Long Beach
Suppose we might soon start hearing a new dedicated LAPD dispatch/tac frequencies for the futureTransit Division.
MTA docs say multi-agency law enforcement dispatching will be co-located within the MTA bus/rail command center.
As result contract with LA County Sheriff's Department which currently patrols entire metro system will be reduced to coverage of only areas outside jurisdictions of the cities of Los Angeles and Long Beach.
The proposal calls for LAPD to establish a "Transit" division fielding 168 personnel per day covering the following:
> Entire Red Line;
> Entire Purple Line;
> Entire Orange Line;
> Portions of the Blue Line, Gold Line, Expo Line, Green Line, and Silver line within the City of Los Angeles
> Metro bus service within the City of Los Angeles.
Long Beach will provide law enforcement services fielding 14 field personnel covering
>10 Blue Line stations
> Metro bus service within City of Long Beach
Suppose we might soon start hearing a new dedicated LAPD dispatch/tac frequencies for the futureTransit Division.
MTA docs say multi-agency law enforcement dispatching will be co-located within the MTA bus/rail command center.