I think that I replied in private rather than posting about the lrt security
issue.
The transit police force is expected to expand by about 1/3 when the trains
start. That means, if I remember correctly, 30 police officers to handle
10 2-car trains, as opposed to about 90 for 900+ buses.
Lookin
The driver, who was probably scared s***less, was trying to do his/her best to
keep anyone from being harmed. Driver had no training in dealing with this kind
of thing. He/she had been trained to push the panic button which would identify
a situation--without any details--and get transit police
My eldest daughter is a new bus driver. She is just 5'2" and 110 lbs -
guess how big of a person she could physically handle?
>I suppose there is a certain amount of security gained by the presence of a
>bus or LRT operator. However, bus drivers are usually pretty busy paying
>attention to thei
A little true story: Five years ago, my son, then an 8th grade student at
Ramsey, decided to nip out of school early with a friend. They decided make
their escape via MTC #18 since it passed right by the school on Nicollet and
50th. They boarded and a block down the street a young man boarded t
I suppose there is a certain amount of security gained by the presence of a
bus or LRT operator. However, bus drivers are usually pretty busy paying
attention to their driving to have a whole lot of time for security duties.
To what extent are operators trained for, capable of, or expected to perf
It seems obvious to me that the bus drivers & riders will come out much
better than LRT in this. After all, you will have 1 LRT driver for several
hundred passengers, vs. about 2 or 3 dozen passengers / driver on the bus
system. So based just on these numbers, the bus system is likely to be
Just wondering if anyone happens to know the budget per passenger mile spent
for security in the bus system? My next question is - how does this amount
compare to the expected spending on security, per passenger mile, for the
new Hiawatha LRT. The numbers may be equal, I have no idea. I just want
I think you're jumping to conclusions here -- look at the time this
happened, the time it appeared on police paperwork, and the printing
deadline for the newspaper. Several of the other TV & Radio news shows
didn't have it last night, either. But they all have it today, including
the arrest
This afternoon, the Hennepin County Attorney's Office charged Adrian Louis
Lattin, age 20, of Minneapolis, with one felony count of Unlawful
Interference with Transit Operator (using force or violence). He is in
custody, with bail set at $20,000. First appearance in Hennepin County
District Cour
Forward on behalf of list member Barbara Daenzer:
I rode the bus this morning with a producer from WCCO. They received the
tape of the beating just before the news was on. I believe they were the
only station that received the tape. I don't think the stations that didn't
report it were leaving any
The Strib and news media's choice of which violent crimes to cover seems to
have more to do with location, location, location. It perpetuates the
stereotype that violent crime in this City only happens north of Highway
55.
JBurns
Cleveland
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Kare(less) 11 didn't cover it either. Not a word.
This may be one of those instances where the news media are trying not to
cover a violent news worthy event because it could be construed as
inflamatory.
The only violent events ever covered for my neighborhood are murders.
Shootings where no o
Thursday, during daylight hours, an MTC bus driver was severely beaten by
a young man in south Minneapolis. Television carried the story (thank
you WCCO) and KNOW ran a 15-second sound bite on the arrest. But our
wonderful Star Tribune carried not even one word. Doesn't that just make
one w
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