Metro Board calls for more law enforcement to address recent spike in violent crime

Board members of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority held a press conference Thursday morning to discuss a rash of high-profile crimes across the Metro bus and train lines and announce plans to increase law enforcement presence throughout the system.
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Kimberly Cheng reports for the KTLA 5 News at 3 on May 16, 2024.
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  • @BabaYaga-yh3yi
    @BabaYaga-yh3yi15 күн бұрын

    Remember these idiots were screaming “Defund the Police”?????????

  • @Mr_Golden_Jr.

    @Mr_Golden_Jr.

    15 күн бұрын

    Yup

  • @DerrickW30

    @DerrickW30

    15 күн бұрын

    I remember very clearly during the Mayoral debate she said she doesn't want to bring in more police. Well reality is starting to set in now.

  • @ravenphantom4248

    @ravenphantom4248

    15 күн бұрын

    Black lifes Matter

  • @sketcharmstrong8491

    @sketcharmstrong8491

    15 күн бұрын

    Nobody "defunded" the police. The police will only go after high profile crime and suspects. Don't believe the conservative media....

  • @GSM92

    @GSM92

    15 күн бұрын

    POLICE PASSING THROUGH HOUSTON VIA 610 WEST LOOP STARING AT THE SKYSCRAPERS

  • @amineantion
    @amineantion15 күн бұрын

    We don't need more "personnel" on the metro. We need more cops. Karen Bass's choice of words really shows her stance on the police. Vote her out.

  • @destinyreturns4885

    @destinyreturns4885

    15 күн бұрын

    She should not have been "voted in" in the first place...

  • @Jamesamong007
    @Jamesamong00715 күн бұрын

    Actual police or another lazy "ambassador" program?

  • @mhaas281
    @mhaas28115 күн бұрын

    I remember a few months back they were hyping about extra security. Whatever happen to that?

  • @BabaYaga-yh3yi

    @BabaYaga-yh3yi

    15 күн бұрын

    meaning two more security for the entire red line?

  • @Chrissmithers9
    @Chrissmithers915 күн бұрын

    . . . We're gettin stabbed and killed out here on transit lines tryin to get to places to survive. . . do something Metro

  • @malin7919
    @malin791915 күн бұрын

    LA needs to recall their mayor ASAP.

  • @airron5019
    @airron501915 күн бұрын

    Moves quickly after she fired someone for going public that the cops were attending a golf game rather than protecting the system. This one is ruthless.

  • @beeventsvisualart3070
    @beeventsvisualart307015 күн бұрын

    Ccw should be more easier to get

  • @AlbPerNil
    @AlbPerNil15 күн бұрын

    LA is a horrible place to live, get out while you can.

  • @WLA-General

    @WLA-General

    15 күн бұрын

    Since the 60s

  • @gobanito
    @gobanito15 күн бұрын

    So how is LA going to protect tourists and athletes when the Olympics comes back to the city?

  • @aftertheheadlines

    @aftertheheadlines

    15 күн бұрын

    It is why they are doing this… Olympic tourists will be able to take the train to the airport and get attacked too.

  • @user-le5sf8ie5s
    @user-le5sf8ie5s15 күн бұрын

    I was attacked yesterday on the train somebody walk By me and pass gas I was horrified I was looking around for LA PD Could not find them

  • @BabaYaga-yh3yi

    @BabaYaga-yh3yi

    15 күн бұрын

    Chemical attacks now huh damn

  • @Carter-je9kb

    @Carter-je9kb

    15 күн бұрын

    How that be so nasty 💩🚽🤪💩

  • @arbim558
    @arbim55815 күн бұрын

    Mayor bass looks so incompetent. Who even voted for her? She looks like she can’t even run a liquor store

  • @Carter-je9kb

    @Carter-je9kb

    15 күн бұрын

    BS security who are they ? What good is calling for help when your being attacked. No money for cops probably it when to family & friends

  • @andyperez9168

    @andyperez9168

    15 күн бұрын

    She can't even keep her own house safe. 🤦

  • @robertbowersock3471
    @robertbowersock347115 күн бұрын

    Doesn't matter how many they arrest if they don't stay in jail.

  • @Carter-je9kb

    @Carter-je9kb

    15 күн бұрын

    Right stupid policy they are so dead wrong on this soft on repeat violent offenders crap.

  • @cjbos81
    @cjbos8115 күн бұрын

    "Re-fund the police!"😂

  • @TarumpSadiki

    @TarumpSadiki

    15 күн бұрын

    Nah that’s exactly what they want, to get their way as usual. How about actually prosecuting the criminals and cut all restrictions on legal gun owners. We don’t need the police we need CCW’s

  • @FKCENSORSHIP
    @FKCENSORSHIP15 күн бұрын

    Here's looking at you DAs and Judges. 🤦‍♂️

  • @aftertheheadlines
    @aftertheheadlines15 күн бұрын

    When you see cops at any event like Dodgers stadium, Lakers game, SoFi, the NY subways they stand around in groups talking to each other. They rarely walk around, they stand in groups two all the way up to 10 to 15 like I have seen at games.

  • @sonnycusa

    @sonnycusa

    15 күн бұрын

    When you see State/County/City leaders doing nothing to prevent criminals and mentally ill from being on the streets, these are the types of crimes you get! It ALL starts from the top! If you say that cops are 'standing around and talking' or 'doing nothing'.....who's FAULT is that? If the higher ups(leaders) aren't saying or doing anything to the cops, then what does THAT tell you?

  • @abelcompany1556
    @abelcompany155615 күн бұрын

    How about actually prosecuting crimes as well? arresting and then releasing because DA office won't prosecute.

  • @chorlauheung4920
    @chorlauheung492015 күн бұрын

    What about the idiots that climbed onto the Blue Line train this morning as it was approaching the Historic Broadway Station? I was late to work because of them. Had to walk along the tunnel to get to the platform in order to wait for the train going to 7th St Metro Station. Then I had to wait for the next train going southbound towards Long Beach.

  • @depthcharge6215
    @depthcharge621515 күн бұрын

    Ohhhh but muh "defund police" is no where to be seen. Where you at?

  • @bobbymoss6160
    @bobbymoss616015 күн бұрын

    Having more law enforcement will not fix the root of the issue when the DA and judges are going out of their way to be lenient on the same group of criminals.

  • @gregjames9875
    @gregjames987515 күн бұрын

    Will the DA office enforce the laws?

  • @destinyreturns4885
    @destinyreturns488515 күн бұрын

    It's not simply Law Enforcement that is needed when only 30% of the crimes on Metro go un-prosecuted. Once again it's your good friend and DA George Gascon.

  • @andyperez9168

    @andyperez9168

    15 күн бұрын

    Nathan Hochman is going to take over as DA in November. The people of LA County need to wake up!

  • @GeraldYniguez
    @GeraldYniguez15 күн бұрын

    NO, just deport

  • @TarumpSadiki

    @TarumpSadiki

    15 күн бұрын

    Yeah. Everyone back to Europe

  • @GeraldYniguez

    @GeraldYniguez

    15 күн бұрын

    @@TarumpSadiki Hey man, Your going to have to fight them in the middle east. Have you watched the news lately?

  • @daryoushsameyah8329
    @daryoushsameyah832915 күн бұрын

    People get the government and the society that they deserve!

  • @saleemahfareed4495
    @saleemahfareed449515 күн бұрын

    Higher more security guard and armed 🙏🏾🙏🏾💙

  • @gregjames9875
    @gregjames987515 күн бұрын

    The mayor in LA is a Democrat. Of the fifteen city council members 14 are Democrats and 1 is an independent. The Police Chief is hired by city leadership. The DA is a Democrat. The AG is a Democrat. The issues LA is having are not racial. They are cultural, and are nurtured by the Democratic Party. The most recent Republican mayor of LA served from 1993-2001.

  • @deema6850
    @deema685015 күн бұрын

    You had to do something or else the drivers were going to go on strike

  • @DeTodounPoco-gy5pb
    @DeTodounPoco-gy5pb15 күн бұрын

    Yes, we need a signal in the phones or wifi ,also more security on the weekends. I ride the E line, and almost every day, there are homeless or drogadicts causing dramas plus some people smoking inside the trains. They should not allow dirty people in the trains that use it as a toilet. Visit the elevators at the western station smells like a public bathroom so gross 😝

  • @javiertenorio3246
    @javiertenorio324615 күн бұрын

    I think they need to call the natianla guard. Soldiers with drawn weapons to keep the peace and will make criminals think twice.

  • @Carter-je9kb

    @Carter-je9kb

    15 күн бұрын

    Nup what good are scarecrows, criminals know they have loaded guns

  • @Jacob4546
    @Jacob454615 күн бұрын

    True story, I saw a man get murdered, literally beaten to death at a gas station right beside a metro bus stop just a few months ago at 6am. LA is just going full on Gotham nowadays. People need to vote for new leadership in this city because the people in charge now are terrible.

  • @andyperez9168

    @andyperez9168

    15 күн бұрын

    The residents of LA County should vote Nathan Hochman for the next DA. Hopefully, he'll be a lifesaver for that region.

  • @daryoushsameyah8329
    @daryoushsameyah832915 күн бұрын

    Why don't these victims contact their local community social workers offices? Angelinos defunded the police and gave their budget money to fund more local community social workers offices. Why can't these victims seek safety and security from their local community social workers offices?

  • @Carter-je9kb

    @Carter-je9kb

    15 күн бұрын

    So the people in charge of community social workers are family and friends getting that mulga, just what I thought

  • @mexdrgagon
    @mexdrgagon15 күн бұрын

    Metro is a last resort like the bus. You can't beat driving. The B-Line is like Land of the Lost 🤦

  • @user-nv9ct8zh8i
    @user-nv9ct8zh8i9 күн бұрын

    My lifelong dream of mass transit in LA, is still viable. More undercover Officers and security reaction forces if feasible economically

  • @daryoushsameyah8329
    @daryoushsameyah832915 күн бұрын

    Defund the police! Defund the police! And how's all that defunding the police thing working out for Angelinos NOW?

  • @ThatDoesntWorkForMeBrother
    @ThatDoesntWorkForMeBrother15 күн бұрын

    Hochman 2024 Vote out Gascon

  • @user-hk8nw2pe1o

    @user-hk8nw2pe1o

    15 күн бұрын

    Same with Greasy Hair Newsome!

  • @masonite1973
    @masonite197315 күн бұрын

    Ok Karen

  • @C0ding683
    @C0ding68315 күн бұрын

    bismillah asking for ten thousand dollars 😊

  • @WLA-General
    @WLA-General15 күн бұрын

    LA is hood. What do you expect

  • @r.pres.4121

    @r.pres.4121

    15 күн бұрын

    That entire county is a massive hood.

  • @Mr.G626
    @Mr.G62615 күн бұрын

    🤣🤣

  • @dracosirccpent
    @dracosirccpent15 күн бұрын

    Praise 👏 🙌🏾 the MOST HIGH 🙌🏾 🙏🏾 I pray 🙏🏾 that these migrants force you EUROPEANS BACK TO EUROPE ⛵️ 🇪🇺

  • @Malfatta
    @Malfatta15 күн бұрын

    I hope y’all are reminded about videos & stories like this one any time you see the Լⲉft pushing for legislation/policies that are aimed at stripping productive, hardworking individuals of their autonomy, mobility, & convenience by forcing them _out_ of their cars & _in_ to the restrictive, discommoding, & misanthropic perils of mass public transit instead. 🙃💭

  • @daryoushsameyah8329
    @daryoushsameyah832915 күн бұрын

    Defund the police! Defund the police! And how's all that defunding the police thing working out for Angelinos NOW?