There has been a significant increase in violent crime and overdose deaths on L.A. Metro trains and buses this year. abc7JoshHaskell spoke with LAPDChiefMoore to discuss Metro security and other big issues facing the department, including staffing.
The good news is that ridership is back up following the pandemic. The bad news is that 21 people have died on trains and buses in the Metro system this year, most from apparent drug overdoses.Combine that with the news of the number of violent crimes reported by the Los Angeles Police Department was three per 1 million riders in 2018, but in 2022, that number jumped to nearly 5 per 1 million riders.
Earlier this month, the union representing LAPD officers submitted a proposal to the city council for an unarmed response unit that would take over 28 service calls currently handed by police. "The worst thing that can happen to our alternative response proposals is that it results in the death or serious injury of the individual who is unarmed, who's in that role, and who are you going to attract to do that role? So, this is too critical for us to do it in some willy-nilly fashion," he said.
"We have just under 200 personnel in the academy today and we should have about just over 300," said Moore. "It's not just the recruitment. It's also the retention of the personnel that we have. We've seen a heightened increase number of people leave early where we would normally lose 500, 510 officers, we're losing well over 600. Year after year of that. That's hundreds of additional officers we would otherwise have on the job.
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