It costs nearly $650 million over five years to police L.A. County's transit system. Activists and community groups argue the money could be better spent on free fares and improved services.
As calls to defund police have grown into a chorus in the wake of the George Floyd protests, some Los Angeles County activists are turning their attention to the sprawling transit system.
Metro’s directors will consider this week whether to move toward a “community-based approach” to policing, including no longer sending sworn officers to respond to nonviolent crimes. The push for police reform at Metro comes as other transit agencies in the U.S. have made changes to their policing practices.
. Over a 10-month period ending April 30, they helped 1,645 people find temporary housing, and 250 people move in to permanent housing, Metro said. How Metro would address violent crimes such as rape, robbery and assault without a police force is still being discussed, activists said. But, Zarate said, “we cannot let those things stifle our imaginations around what safety can look like.”in 2014 which found that assaults, robberies and other violent crimes had soared while the sheriff’s department had sole oversight of the transit system..
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