An argument on a Metro bus led to a stabbing in the University Park area, not long after the transit agency's Board of Directors declared a public safety emergency in response to recent attacks on riders and drivers.
Shayla GirardinA person was stabbed after an argument on a Metro bus near USC. It came just a day after Metro declared a public safety emergency.An argument on a Metro bus led to a stabbing in the University Park area, not long after thein response to recent attacks on riders and drivers.
The board unanimously adopted a recommendation to acquire new barriers for hundreds of buses, in response to a "sudden, unexpected increased severity of assaults on operators." According to Metro, assaults on bus operators increased from 92 attacks in 2019 to 160 in 2023, and they continue to escalate this year.
Barger said her motion calls for the agency to secure station gate entrances and exits, analyze data on violent crimes -- including those by reoffenders -- occurring on the system, and speed up pilot solutions at some of the most "challenging" stations. The motion was co-authored by Supervisors Janice Hahn and Hilda Solis, as well as L.A. City Council President Paul Krekorian, Inglewood Mayor James Butts and Glendale City Councilman Ara Najarian.
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