Report: ‘TAP to exit’ program curbing violence at Los Angeles Metro station
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The “TAP to exit” program at the North Hollywood Metro station seems to be reducing violent crime, officials say.
Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger, who serves on the L.A. Metro Board of Directors, confirmed to KNX on Tuesday that there’s been a 40% decrease in violent incident reports made through Metro’s Transit Watch app.
Barger was the one who introduced the pilot program, which went into effect on May 28.
“The goal is to try to dissuade and eventually eliminate those that are coming on, evading fare and victimizing our passengers and customers,” Barger told KNX.
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Statistics released by the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department show that of the 153 violent crimes perpetrated on the Metro system between May 2023 and April 2024, 143 of them — more than 93% — were believed to be committed by people who did not pay a valid fare and were using the transit system illegally.
At the end of last month, Metro officials announced they would be moving forward with plans to establish their own police department, as they had between 1978 and 1997, before it was merged with the LAPD and LASD.
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