LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles County’s Metro Board members approved Dec. 2 extending LA Metro’s contracts with the police and sheriff’s departments for at least 6 months to allow more time for coming up with “public safety alternatives”—potentially unarmed “transit ambassadors”—to armed police officers on buses and trains.
The board voted to extend the contracts with law enforcement agencies for the first half of 2022, with an option to extend for 12 more months. In accordance with a plan to “reimagine public safety,” the presence of police officers might be gone or greatly reduced in the Metropolitan Transportation system once the current contracts expire.
