LA Metro Will Explore Ways To Replace Armed Policing On Public Transit LAist

Los Angeles Metro Police. The Los Angeles Police Department , also known as Metro, is an elite division within the Los Metropolitan Division is responsible for managing the LAPD's specialized crime suppression, K-9, mounted, and SWAT units, named "platoons" The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority is embarking on a national search for a strategic, compassionate, and seasoned police executive with exceptional leadership abilities to serve as Chief of Police and Emergency Management for the Transit Community Public Safety Department in Los Angeles, California.

Since the 1990s, Metro has contracted with the Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles Sheriff's Department and Long Beach Police Department to patrol its trains and buses More than a year after the LA Metro board approved a plan to explore creating its own transit police force, board members moved forward with a plan to make it a reality.

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More than a year after the LA Metro board approved a plan to explore creating its own transit police force, board members moved forward with a plan to make it a reality. Metropolitan Division, commonly referred to as Metro Division or just Metro, is an elite division of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) under its Special Operations Group Metropolitan Division is responsible for numerous duties including solving.

LA Metro Will Explore Ways To Replace Armed Policing On Public Transit LAist. LA Metro's board of directors voted on Thursday, June 22 to pursue the creation of an in-house transit police department that would replace contracts with its current law enforcement agencies. Metropolitan Division, commonly referred to as Metro Division or just Metro, is an elite division of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) under its Special Operations Group

Metro plans for new police force following board vote. More than a year after the LA Metro board approved a plan to explore creating its own transit police force, board members moved forward with a plan to make it a reality. Los Angeles County transit officials are considering creating a transit police force to patrol buses and trains.