The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s annual “State of the Agency” event shared statistics that show violent crimes on its system of trains and buses are trending downward.
“Year over year, assaults are down by more than 66 percent,” said Stephanie Wiggins, Metro’s CEO in Union Station’s lobby Wednesday afternoon.
Wiggins highlighted new safety measures that have been put in place, including the installation of taller fare gates to keep non-payers out, protecting its bus drivers with safety barriers in all Metro buses, and expanding its weapons detection program that uses scanners to check passengers for knives and guns…