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Clerk 09/02/2016
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A MOTION accepting a transit passenger and operator security action plan to enhance the safety and security of transit customers and employees, in response to Motion 14595.
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WHEREAS, public transportation plays a vital role in increasing mobility and access throughout King County, with the transit division ("Metro Transit") providing more than one hundred twenty million transit boardings during 2015, and
WHEREAS, ensuring the safety and security of Metro Transit services and facilities, as measured by minimizing operator and passenger disturbances and assaults, is one of the goals of the 2011-2021 Strategic Plan for Public Transportation, and
WHEREAS, it is the policy of the county that the safety of transit operators and passengers is of paramount importance and that measures should be taken to ensure that Metro Transit services and facilities are convenient, accessible and safe for passengers and operators, and
WHEREAS, Metro Transit has a system security plan to guide its efforts to maintain and improve the safety and security of its operations and facilities, and
WHEREAS, the council requested that the executive develop and transmit to council a transit passengers and operator security action plan that supports the strategies outlined in the system security plan and identifies and prioritizes specific activities that can be undertaken to enhance the safety and security of Metro Transit's customers and employees, and
WHEREAS, the plan should include, but not be limited to:
1. Information about current security plans and programs that are being implemented for transit passengers and operators, including analysis of the relative success of these programs;
2. An analysis of the reliability and potential expansion of video cameras on transit coaches and the potential use of cameras by operators for security purposes;
3. An analysis of the fare enforcement policies and practices and the relationship between fare enf...
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