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3 results foundAuthor: Staes, Lisa Title: Identification of Cost-Effective Methods to Improve Security at Transit Operating/Maintenance Facilities and Passenger Stations Summary: Prior to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, the United States' transit systems did a fairly successful job of safely and securely protecting their facilities and passengers. Until that time, public transit security issues generally dealt only with unruly passengers, fare evasion, vandalism, trespassing, and theft. With the events of 9/11, the public transit bombing attacks in Madrid, and biological attacks in Japan, the U.S. has become more focused on the issue of terrorism and is hardening the security of our public transit systems against terrorist activities. Most U.S. transit systems are increasing their security measures at both their operating/maintenance facilities and passenger stations, but with limited funding. This research report investigates several agencies that have innovatively and creatively implemented cost-effective methods of increasing security at their systems. In addition, this report provides a historic summary of the consequences of terrorism on public transportation systems and a literature review of existing resources. Details: Jupiter, FL: Florida Atlantic University/University Consortium for Intermodal Transportation Safety and Security, 2006. 92p. Source: Sponsoring Agency: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration Year: 2006 Country: United States URL: Shelf Number: 113950 Keywords: (Security )SafetyTarget HardeningTerrorism (Public Transportation)TransitTransit CrimeTransit Systems |
Author: Nesbitt, LaQuandra Title: Strategies to Prevent Violence in Louisville Metro: Short and Long-term Recommendations Summary: In early 2012, Louisville Metro Government began a process to assess its capacity to address Injury and Violence Prevention in the community by completing an assessment created by the National Association of City and County Health Officials (NACCHO). Initial deliberations of this group of leaders from Louisville Metro Department of Community Services and Revitalization, Louisville Metro Police Department, and Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness yielded the following findings: a need to implement initiatives to identify and bring to justice the most violent offenders, a need to expand the focus on violence to include suicide, and a limited capacity to provide high quality programs and services to the youth and young adult population. In addition, the initial NACCHO assessment highlighted the need to apply public health principles such as epidemiology – focusing on health effects, characteristics, root causes and influences in a well-defined population—to the prevention of violence in Louisville Metro. On May 17, 2012, three young African Americans were killed at 32nd and Greenwood Streets, in two separate incidents, with one occurring during the investigation of the other. In response to this shocking event, Mayor Greg Fischer proposed the formation of a work group that would accelerate the work initiated earlier that year and engage the community in the development of short and long term violence reduction strategies for Louisville Metro. Based on his extensive experience in leading community efforts and his vast knowledge as a historian, on May 24, 2012 Mayor Fischer asked Dr. J. Blaine Hudson, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Louisville, to chair the work group. The work group, officially titled the Violence Prevention Work Group was announced June 7, 2012. With so diverse a group, it was critically important to ¯have a plan” open, on one hand, to broad participation from all ranks of the community while also capable, on the other hand, of producing a broad blueprint for change that could guide the future of the community. The human architecture of this plan was built around five exceptional committees and committee chairs: Community Building, chaired by Eleanor Jordan; Education, chaired by Dana Jackson-Thompson; Employment and Economic Development, chaired by Sam Watkins; Health and Social Wellness, chaired by Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt, also co-chair of the Work Group; and Juvenile and Criminal Justice chaired by Judge Brian Edwards. Our stipulations were few but critically important: first, our deliberations would be open to all; and, second, our recommendations for change would be based solely on facts and data. Furthermore, we would use a twin approach that would allow for both recommendations that are system wide and as such would impact the entire jurisdiction; as well as recommendations that target a specific group racial/ethnic, age, gender, or geography) determined to be most impacted by the issues at hand. Details: Louisville, KY: Violence Prevention Work Group, 2012. 122p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed May 18, 2016 at: https://louisvilleky.gov/sites/default/files/safe_neighborhoods/violence_prevention_workgroup_report.pdf Year: 2012 Country: United States URL: https://louisvilleky.gov/sites/default/files/safe_neighborhoods/violence_prevention_workgroup_report.pdf Shelf Number: 139084 Keywords: Transit SecurityTransit SystemsViolence PreventionViolent Crime |
Author: Smith, Gwen Chisholm Title: Legal Implications of Video Surveillance on Transit Systems Summary: TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Legal Research Digest 52: Legal Implications of Video Surveillance on Transit Systems explores the use of video surveilance systems on buses, trains, and stations. The widespread use of such video surveillance systems has generated numerous legal issues, such as a system's ability to utilize video to discipline union and non-union employees, safety issues associated with such use, public access to such video, and retention policies regarding video, among others. This digest explores federal and state laws to address these issues, along with the current practices employed by transit agencies to comply with those laws. Details: Washington, DC: Transit Cooperative Research Program, 2018. 46p. Source: Internet Resource: Legal Research Digest 52: Accessed June 30, 2018 at: https://www.nap.edu/download/25055 Year: 2018 Country: United States URL: https://www.nap.edu/download/25055 Shelf Number: 1500747 Keywords: PrivacyTransit CrimeTransit SystemsTransportationTransportation Safety Transportation SecurityVideo Surveillance |