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L.A. Metro Board Delays Transit Policing Contract For 3 Months
At the end of today's nearly 6-hour Metro board of directors meeting, the vote on the staff-recommended $547 million multi-agency transit policing contract was pushed back three months. Metro's new transit policing arrangement would scale back the L.A. County Sheriffs Department's current role in favor of a majority of the work being done by LAPD, with a small slice also going to Long Beach PD.
December 2, 2016
Man is Shot and Killed by the Officers He Called to Help Search for Stolen Bike. Is it a Livable Streets Issue?
Several months ago, I asked that a link to a story on the beating of Clinton Alford by LAPD officers be included in our daily headlines.
July 17, 2015
New SFPD Park Station Captain’s Bike Crackdown Won’t Make Streets Safer
In the name of "protecting life," SFPD Park Station Captain John Sanford has promised a crackdown on people on bikes rolling through stop signs.
July 17, 2015