LA Metro board wants law enforcement to board trains and buses. At one station, buying a fare will be required to exit.
An LA Sheriff’s Department deputy rides the C Line train at the Vermont Avenue station in Los Angeles on Wednesday, May 15, 2024. In light of recent violent incidents, LA Metro’s board will discuss new measures, including increased patrols, at its meeting on Thursday, May 23, 2024.
“This attack on a Metro bus in Lynwood is horrific, and yet another grim reason that we need a surge of law enforcement on our transit system,” said Fourth District L.A. County Supervisor and Metro board member Janice Hahn.next regular board meeting The board wants the three law enforcement agency chiefs to come to its June meeting to publicly discuss patrol deployment levels, staffing, and response times — and analyze the recent violent incidents.
On LA Metro passengers are required to pay a fare with a cash-loaded TAP card when entering a train or bus. But having to tap upon exiting would be a first in the history of the agency. The goal is to catch those who are riding for free, mainly those who are unhoused and use the trains as a mobile shelter, or for those who do drugs.A teenage boy was fatally stabbed at the 7th/Metro Center station in downtown L.A. on Jan. 11.A No.
Soza Arauz was heading home from work when she boarded the train in North Hollywood and was stabbed to death in an unprovoked attack, most likely by an assailant who was mentally ill. She managed to get off the train at the Universal City Station on the 3900 block of Lankershim Boulevard where she was found mortally wounded on the platform.
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