LA Metro will consider creating an in-house police department at meeting on June 22. Will they dump LAPD and LASD?

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Should LA Metro create it own police department?

That question will be put to a vote at the mega transit agency’s board meeting on Thursday, June 22, when its board will decide whether to move ahead with a plan to launch an in-house Metro Police Department.

The board’s options are to listen to the pros and cons of a transit police department, but then table the matter; vote it down; or direct Metro CEO Stephanie Wiggins to craft a comprehensive implementation plan that would be brought back to the board in January, 2024.

  • @stylishboar
    1•1 year ago

    I’m all for this, but isn’t there already Metro Police? Could someone clarify?

    • @[email protected]OP
      1•1 year ago

      It has been contracted out to the LAPD/LASD. The contract is coming up, so they’re exploring options largely due to the worthlessness of the police. This is also a large part in the recent step up of enforcement as the departments were publicly embarrassed when the Metro announced they were thinking of going another route at that time

      • @stylishboar
        1•1 year ago

        Thanks. I could’ve sworn I’ve seen officers with “Metro” on their uniforms. But maybe they were the Transit Security Officers the article mentions.

        The in-house department would use fewer officers because it would not deploy them in pairs, as some of the law enforcement agencies require.

        This is the only thing I’m not sure of. It might be better to still have pairs. I don’t know.