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   From: dumb-politicians@democrats.org   
      
   Much has been made of the highly publicized series of recent violent   
   attacks on public transit in Los Angeles, with many calling for an   
   increased law enforcement presence on buses and trains and in Metro   
   stations.   
      
   While Metro officials have authorized a surge of law enforcement, the   
   Los Angeles Times reports that the issue may not be only the number of   
   officers, but also how “lax” their patrols are.   
      
   In February, a dead man remained “slumped over on a bench at Metro’s San   
   Pedro Street station” for nearly six hours, despite the presence of five   
   Los Angeles Police Department officers who patrolled that platform, the   
   Times reports.   
      
   Gina Osborn, the former security chief for Metro, told the Times the   
   body wasn’t noticed until a transit ambassador performed a welfare check.   
      
   “[The officers] weren’t even paying attention,” she told the Times.   
   “They weren’t engaged enough to see that there was a human hunched over.”   
      
   Osborn was fired in March after reporting what she described as failures   
   by contracted law enforcement agencies like the Los Angeles County   
   Sheriff’s Department to properly patrol Metro stations. A Metro   
   spokesperson said Osborn’s “allegations are categorically false.”   
      
   “By the time she was ousted, Osborn had become convinced the LAPD, the   
   sheriff and Long Beach police were failing at their jobs, not being   
   proactive enough to keep the buses and trains safe,” the Times reported.   
   “And when Osborn championed creating an internal police department, she   
   felt stymied by Metro Chief Executive Stephanie Wiggins.”   
      
   While Osborn believes the officers should be doing more, Donald Graham,   
   deputy chief of the LAPD’s Transit Services Bureau, told the Times that   
   an internal investigation revealed the officers “had been doing their   
   job that day,” as they were present to “check that train riders were   
   carrying their Tap cards to pay fares.”   
      
   “There’s always room for improvement,” Graham told the Times. “We will   
   always continue to look and relook at what we’re doing and question   
   whether or not what we’re doing is the best way to do things.”   
      
   Sheriff’s Department and LBPD representatives also issued statements   
   saying they are working to ensure the public transit system remains safe   
   in accordance with their contracts with Metro.   
      
   https://ktla.com/news/local-news/officers-didnt-notice-dead-body   
   at-metro-station-for-almost-6-hours-report/   
      
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