“Assaults on transport workers have increased 31%. This can’t keep happening. “We need more security,” said Richard Davis, president of the Transportation Workers Union Local 100.
Commuters and transit workers in New York never know what they will encounter so much in the Metro, trains and buses.
One of the latest incidents occurred Tuesday morning, when the New York police arrested an armed passenger who threatened a driver at the station Prospect Park on the B Subway line in Brooklyn, reported Pix11.
Still, Michael Kemper, NYPD traffic chief, characterized 2023 as a “year of progress” compared to 2022 and credited proactive policing strategies, such as issuing 164,000 citations (a 50% increase) and making 12,000 arrests (+55%), he highlighted Fox News. But The serious attacks reported in 2023 (554) are already higher than all those reported in 2022 (539), according to CompStat.
Los Gun Arrests Inside the Chaotic New York Subway Have Increased a Staggering 94% compared to before the pandemic paralysis (2019), according to official figures released in October.
Since taking office in January 2022, the alcalde Eric Adams, ex NYPD, announced several times that the number of NYPD officers in the subway system would double in a reinforced security plan to confront violence in the chaotic NYC Subway.
But until now The crime has continued and even NYPD agents have been attacked in stations, at least 3 times in recent months. There have also been shootings, fatal workplace accidents and homicides, even of children: in October a 13-year-old student was stabbed to death by a 14-year-old student while leaving classes inside an MTA bus in Staten Island.
As a union representative, Davis has regular meetings with MTA leaders discussing additional security and some form of platform protection for drivers.
After Tuesday’s incident, President of NYC Transit Richard Davey reiterated in a recent statement that threats or attacks on public transportation employees are not tolerated. “That is why the Metro system has cameras in every station and now on many trains, to deter and, when necessary, arrest perpetrators. “We are grateful for the response of NYPD officers, who quickly arrived on the scene to make a quick arrest.”
The MTA has been verifying the operation of the cameras at the stations. About 1,200 have already been installed in the carriages and by the end of next year they should all be equipped.
Chaos is not exclusive to public transportation. In September of this year, a Siena College survey identified crime (73%) among the biggest concerns of New Yorkers. According to another alarming survey released this summer 70% of NYC residents fear that they will be victims of a criminal act.
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