Metro Transit Police Update

John Harrington

Chief of Metro Transit Police

October 27, 2014

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2012 2013 2014

PART I CRIME Jan- Sep

Homicide 0 0 0

Rape 0 0 0

Robbery 88 110 72

Aggravated Assault 21 32 11

Total Violent Crimes 109 142 83

Arson 1 0 0

Burglary 0 0 0

Larceny Theft 393 501 356

Motor Vehicle Theft 2 4 1

Total Property Crimes 396 505 357

TOTAL PART I CRIMES 505 647 440

Major Crime reports

85.0%

88.0%

91.0%

94.0%

97.0%

100.0%

JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC

POLICE RESPONSE TIMES TO PRIORITY #1 CALLS Percentage under 7 minutes

Goal - 95.0% September - 98.2% YTD Average - 99.3%

2014 Goal 2013 Actual 2014 Actual

2

13

7

17

26

33

24 22

24

5

10

9

5

7

5

11

5

7

21

11

19

20

27

26

19

29 25

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

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Priority 1 Calls Breakdown - 2014

September Total - 56 Medical - 24 Fight - 7 Other - 25

Medical Fights Other

1 1 0 0

1 0 0

1 0

6

3

11

3

3

3

5

5 6

0

8

7

7

12

16 11

7 7

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

20

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Driver Assault by Category 2014

Average / Month YTD = 13.8 Total 0 - Felony 6 - Misdemeanor Assault 7 - Disorderly

2014 Felony 2014 Misd Assault 2014 Disorderly

34

28

16

27

36

28

22 22

17

32

22

13

20 21 21

10

16

23

11

15

8

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

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Cell Phone Theft

January thru September 2014 2013 - 230 2014 YTD - 145

2013 2014

0

500

1,000

1,500

2,000

2,500

3,000

3,500

JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC

METRO TRANSIT POLICE RIDES ON-BOARD BUS

Goal - 2,500 September - 2,732 YTD Average - 2,757

2014 Goal 2013 Actual 2014 Actual

Mad Dads

0

100

200

300

400

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600

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MADDADS ON-BOARD HOURS

2013 Hours 2014 Hours 8

On Board, On Foot, On the Rails- We commit to

work for the personal safety, quality of life, and

protection of property for the members of our

metropolitan community.

West Command Beats: MOA-7th and Nicollet-

North side Broadway Beat

East Command Beats

Problem Solving

C Counter Threat Unit & Predictive Policing

Community Outreach and Equity

1st in the nation

Sgt Waheid Siraach

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Metro Transit Police Staffing

• 2014

• 204 sworn police officers

– 98Full-time

– 106 Part-time

– 12 CSO

– 11 Admn support

– Crime Analysis

• 2011

• 130 sworn police officers

– 68 Full-time

– 62 Part-time

– 12 CSO

– 5 Admn Support

Changes to Agency Demographics

• Rate + Demographic 2011 2014

• 7 x Asian-American 2 14

• 5 x Afro-American 3 15

• 3 X Women 7 26

• 3 X Somali 1 3

• 2 X Latino 6 11

• 2 x Native American 0 2

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Questions

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John Harrington

Chief of Metro Transit Police