Recent Streetsblog LA posts about LASD

Metro Diary: Three Trains, a Tourist, Some Eager-Beaver Sheriffs, and a Former Foster Child…All in the Space of an Hour

By Sahra Sulaiman | Feb 20, 2013 | 14 Comments

Whenever I travel in and out of LAX, I do my best to Metro my way there. It requires a forty-minute walk, three trains, and an airport shuttle ride for me to go one way. But, it’s cheap and, remarkably, it all goes down in less than two hours. And, it is never dull. For […]

LASD Continues Campaign of Intimidation Against Metro Customers

By Damien Newton | Feb 15, 2013 | 30 Comments

Earlier this week, a Streetsblog reader, let’s call him Anthony, sent the email at the bottom of this post and the picture above. To wit, Anthony noticed “at least 8” sheriffs at fare gates checking TAP Cards as well as a k9 unit. When he stopped to take pictures, he was harassed by another member […]

At Pro Walk Pro Bike, Activsts and Police Officers Talk About Working Together

By Damien Newton | Sep 13, 2012 | No Comments

On Tuesday, I was honored to be featured on a panel at the Pro Walk Pro Bike Conference entitled, “Crash Reduction through Advocacy, Enforcement, and Support Programs.” In addition to myself, I was joined by Peter Flucke and Rebecca Resman. Since we know most Streetsblog readers don’t get to go to conferences such as Pro Walk […]

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, Metro’s Bloody Mouth

By Damien Newton | Sep 5, 2012 | 41 Comments

The cover story for this week’s Pasadena Magazine, “One Day on the Gold Line” tells the story of a middle-aged Jewish mother who was assaulted on a Gold Line train, thrown off the train, smashed into the concrete on the platform chipping her tooth and breaking her nose. When an Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department Deputy […]

Commentary: Does “Locking the Gates” and All the Associated Costs Even Make Fiscal Sense?

By Dana Gabbard | May 29, 2012 | 30 Comments

(Dana Gabbard is a Board Member of the Southern California Transit Advocates and an occasional contributor to Streetsblog. When he opines, he does so on behalf of himself as a long-standing transit watcher. Gabbard has written about the fare gate issue several times since Metro first proposed putting up gates in 2008.) One justification offered […]

Accountability? Metro Denies Access to Video of Potential Sheriff Mis-Conduct

By Damien Newton | May 1, 2012 | 6 Comments

12.04.25 Newton Response Letter Way back on February 23rd, Streetsblog updated its readers on our request to get a copy of the video from a Metro bus on January 19th when two Los Angeles County Sheriffs boarded, had an altercation with a mentally disabled woman, and eventually punched the woman in the face. The end […]

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