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Supplemental materials, 1992-07-13
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PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL. ATTORNEY WORK PRODUCT MEMORANDUM TO: SUSAN SPIVAK, ESQ. FROM: DATE: RE: KEN HEITZ, ESQ. LAURIE L. LEVENSON July 13, 1992 RTD POLICE DEPARTMENT supplemental Exhibits on July 13, 1992, I received a packet of materials from Sharon Papa, Chief of the Rapid Transit District (RTD) Police Department that may assist us in the Webster study. A memoranda of interview with Chief Papa on June 24, 1992 refers to the significance of each exhibit. As shown by these exhibits, the RTD Police Department made 16 arrests during the riots. The Department's primary responsibility was to protect the safety of the bus operators and their equipment. The RTD Police are responsible for a large geographic area. The Department has various emergency plans to assist them in this work. RTD Police also have a Mutual Aid Agreement with the State of California. 1 ... PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL. ATTORNEY WORK PRODUCT MEMORANDUM TO: FROM: DATE: RE: SUSAN SPIVAK, ESQ. KEN HEITZ, ;ESQ. LAURIE L. LEVENSON July 13, 1992 RTD POLICE DEPARTMENT Supplemental Exhibits On July 13, 1992, I received a packet of materials from Sharon Papa, Chief of the Rapid Transit District (RTD) Police Department that may assist us in the Webster study. A memoranda of interview with Chief Papa on June 24, 1992 refers to the significance of each exhibit. As shown by these exhibits, the RTD Police Department made 16 arrests during the riots. The Department's primary responsibility was to protect the safety of the bus operators and their equipment. The RTD Police are responsible for a large geographic area. The Department has various emergency plans to assist them in this work. RTD Police also have a Mutual Aid Agreement with the State of California. 1 Exhibits from RTD Police Department The following is a list of exhibits received from Chief Sharon Papa, RTD Police Department, to assist in the Commission's study These exhibits include: Exh. A: Exh. B: Exh. C: Exh. D: Exh. E: Exh. F: Exh. G: Exh. H: Exh. I: Exh. J: Exh. K: Exh. L: Exh. M: Business card for Sharon Papa, Chief of Transit Police; Map of RTD jurisdiction; Table of Contents for RTD Police Strike Contingency Plan (Because of the sensitive nature of this material, only the Table of Contents has been provided. If confidentiality can be assured, RTD Police will share with the Commission its full report); June 15, 1992 Memorandum synopsis of RTD Police activities during the riots; Statistics of RTD Police arrests and chronological dispatch log for April 29, 1992 through May 4, 1992; Report of damage to RTD vehicles during riots; List of additional bus service provided during riots; RTD Police Mutual Aid Agreement with California Disaster officials; RTD Police Newsletter, "Headway," with articles on and photos of RTD Police activities during the riots; RTD Police 1984 Olympic Security Policy and Procedure Manual; RTD Police Training Bulletin for Earthquake emergencies; RTD Police Training Bulletin for Fire emergencies; RTD Human Resources Policy Manual of Emergency Safety Procedures. 2 Sharon Papa Chief of Transit Police Southern California Rapid Transit District Transit Police Department 1900 South Figueroa Street Los Angeles, California 90007 (213) 972-3601 FAX (213) 972-3604 RTD Transit System Bus Line Names and Numbers "'•"'-~ .,.~ ... 5.rff1&,,,.,c!-e.,..,,0r Sa.•~"'4 0 ~OMA•• ~,-r-.st~"'r~ ....,,., """ ._ '°''"r-..-:151 5 V. 5 •PISI Y,">t1M B'-0 1'J ...,,..,,BhoO-S.~~.,.-• l• \\ •"-ft B'-11 uctA ;~ _.. • ...,,..,.o.cr....,c,.,.,..,,_ zt s.,...,., S · ·\'•Q" •"11 .~,.~--- .__.. i· 1'-0t,""P'(:lti.cle.,,,.::,,, ... , , :~ .... 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Pomona (MIUIO!'I a..-d II Easl El>d Jwe) HILLS CALABASAS Key to Municipal Opratora AVTA - A ntelope Valley Transit Authority C - City of Commerce Municipal Bus Lines CC - Culver Ci ty Municipal Bus lines G • Gardena Minicipal Bus Lines LADOT - Los Angeles Department of Transportation LB - Long Beech Transit M - Montebello Municipal Transit N - Norwalk Municipal Transit OCTO - Orange County Transit District Omni Transit - San Bernardino Transit SCT - Senta Clarita Transit SM • Senta Monica Municipal Bus Lines SVT - Simi Valley Transit RTA - Riverside Transit T - Torrence Transit TOPANGA For Transit information call 1-80 0-2LA-RIDE l'AClrlC COASI HWY Downtown Los Angeles - RTD Lines Downtown LA-Municipal & Privatized Service \" ... ! t ? TERRACE OCEAN i > NOT TO SCJJ..E LA CRESCENTA._ _____________ __J ~ TERMINAL ISLAND MADRE OC'6 S ALAM ITOS HUNTINGTON BEACH NOT TO SCAI..£ DUARTE 280 • 494 LA HABRA HEIGHTS GARDEI, GROVE """ 0 AZUSA 1001fiHL lllvtl FULLERTON Scale In MIies 2 3 5 NOT TO SCALE I L I 70 G ~ '" ,.., YORBA LINDA El Monte Station •4H WESTBOUND: OISo-t.ARCES ONLY � 96 EASTBOUND: BOARDINGS ONLY CLAREMONT I I NOT TO SCAI..E I I UPLAND MONTCLAIR liOll lllvtl TO ONT-'FIIO AIRPORT ONTAR IO CHINO Santa Monica AI..T'ERNArt ROOT£ NOT TO SCM.E ~ Long Beach y ,---~;---------:---:----~ •'~t~ .1+ ~ ,; ',. ::; "~ '----..§lli..:iL..ilJ, ORANGE ,_,. ,~ RTD , .,, oom I l.aJ1,ll 42, 4-4,51 si.•1.,1 -~-·· ,n,113.11• Ul?l,'ll.23. 41 .4,J LI~ t.111..,u.,,, lAOon•2.oe, ~ !:' ~ TRANSIT UALL MOITO""'-" LONC BEACH PiAZA I.JI~," '°·"' j it5iri 12,11 ~ ,% ~ Southern California Rapid Transit Olslrlcl Planning Departmenl Cartography and Graphics Effective F ebruary 1992 BROADWAY Ullll,112 ,~ • RTO 1 9 A The Southern California Rapid Transit Diatr,ct 9 B IRTDl I. one ol the nation a largest public tra nsportation 2 canlers. With over 2.000 RTD butff operating on 200 routff the Dlatrlci ha1 created a get you w here you want to go. without [.S your car and a t a frachon of the co1t. ,~ RTO R Our new M etr o Blue Line trains 1 D betwe• n downtown Loa Angeln and downtown Long Beach. 9 The RTD System Map a n d Guide will help you make 9 the most ol your public transit sy11em by showin51 you .xactly where 2 RTD bus" and trains go. So come on a n d climb nboard . RTD Is going placn lor you • • GE FI\A BUS .AIL INFORMATION Regular RTD Services include local bus lines that operate on city streets and commuter lines (including freeway express and park 'n' ride commuter service) that operate on a combination of city streets and/ or freeways, as well as Metro Blue Line train stops between Downtown Los Angeles and Downtown Long Beach. Special RTD Services include seasonal services to Dodger Stadium, Hollywood Bowl, LA County Fair, the Rose Parade and Rose Bowl on New Year's Day and area racetracks. Write or call us for information. Monthly Passes are available to you at more than 600 locations around Los Angeles. The pass offers ease of use for frequent transit riders. Passes are sold between the 25th of the month and the 10th of the following month. Monthly passes are good as fare payment on RTD buses and trains. Lost & Found services are provided. If you lose an item, call (213) 937-8920 weekdays, between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. Items can be picked up at the Wilshire Customer Center, 5301 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles. Timetables for individual bus lines and the Metro Blue Line are available. Stop by any RTD Customer Center. Timetables are also available at many local public libraries or Thrifty Drug & Discount Stores, or write: RTD 425 S. Main St., Los Angeles, CA 90013-1393. Free Area Maps. For a closer look at RTD bus and Metro Blue Line train routes in your area showing transfer points, local municipal service, and bus line information, we provide free "sector guides" for nine regions in Los Angeles County. These Sector Guides are available for: Downtown Los Angeles West Los Angeles East Los Angeles South Central Los Angeles San Fernando Valley San Gabriel Valley Mid Cities South Bay Burbank, Glendale, Pasadena More Free Information. We furnish a variety of free pamphlets to provide our passengers with information on services and operations. For your copy of any of the following brochures, write to RTD, 425 So. Main St., Los Angeles, CA 90013-1393. RTD Fare Information Crime Prevention Guide for the New Rider RTD Accessible Service for Passengers Using Wheelchairs Pass Sales Directory Bus Guide to LAX Passenger and Pedestrian Safety BUS STOPS ~ ETRO BL E INE 11 NS'};. 1 0N~ Each RTD bus stop location is identified by a rectangular bus stop sign. The sign displays the RTD symbol, stripes, bus line number(s), destinations and service availability. In addition, the standard mark designating accessibility to the handicapped is displayed at stops where the RTD provides wheelchair lift service. At Metro Blue Line stations, the blue and black "M" symbol lets you know train service is available. AC'CESS BLF S SEP\ CF RTD operates a fleet of more than 2,000 buses equipped with driver controlled, automated wheelchair lifts. These lifts allow individuals in wheel- • chairs to have access to RTD's network of bus lines. The Metro Blue Line is also designed to be accessible to passengers in wheelchairs. Elevators and/or ramps are available at all stations. There are designated seats for wheelchair, disabled or senior patrons. The RTD disabled passenger hotline number is 1-800-621-7828. HTD CUSTOME: CENTERS For monthly passes, timetables, route maps and other transit information, visit any RTD Customer Center. Downtown Los Angeles: ARCO Plaza, Level C, 515 S. Flower St., 7:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. M-F Main Office 419 S. Main St., 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. M-F Reduced Fare Office Hours, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. M -F The California Mart, 1016 S. Main St. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. TUE-SAT Hollywood: 6249 Hollywood Blvd., 10 a.m.-6 p.m. M-F San Fernando Valley: 14435 Sherman Way, No. 107, Van Nuys, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. M-F San Gabriel Valley: RTD El Monte Station, 3501 Santa Anita Ave., 5:30 a.m.-9 p.m. Daily South Bay: Del Amo Fashion Center, No. 281, Torrance, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. TUE-SAT Baldwin Hills/Crenshaw: 3650 Martin Luther King Blvd., Los Angeles, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. TUE-SAT Wilshire District: 5301 Wilshire Blvd., 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. M-F East Los Angeles: 4501 "B" Whittier Blvd., 10 a.m.-6 p.m. TUE-SAT HTD TELEPHONE INFORMATION Phone lines are open seven days a week, 6 a.m. to midnight. Telephone infor mation is closed on all holidays EXCEPT New Year's Day. So that we may serve you faster, please have a pencil and paper ready and be prepared to tell the RTD operator where your trip will begin and where you want to go: Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena: (818) 246-2593 Long Beach-Compton: (310) 639-6800 LOS ANGELES: (213) 626-4455 San Fernando Valley: (818) 781-5890 San Gabriel Valley: (818) 443-1307 So. Bay-LA International Airport: (310) 320-9442 West Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, Santa Monica: (310) 273-0910 Whittier-Downey: (310) 699-0954 Inland Empire: (714) 824-1100 Orange County: (7141 635-6010 Pomona-Walnut: (714) 620-1871 Hearing Impaired (TTY): (800) 252-9040 RTDFARES Local Fares Cash (Includes Metro Rail) Discount Tickets ..... . (Not valid on Metro Rail) ... $1.10 . . . . $.90 (Students, College, and Vocational riders pay regular cash fares) (If discount tickets are used for Express or transfer charges, no refund of fare overpayment will be made) Transfers Senior/ Disabled ......... $ .10 each use All Others . . . .... , . . . . $.25 each use Freeway Express Fares Cash (No discount tickets used) $1.50-$3.10 Transfers .......... ..... $.25 each use Senior/ Disabled Fares Cash (Includes Metro Rail) Discount Ticket . , .............. . (Not valid on Metro Rail! (If discount tickets are used for Express or transfer charges, no refund of fare overpayment will be made I Freeway Express $.55 $.45 Cash (No discount tickets used) $. 75-$1.55 Blind . .......................... Free Monthly Passes Local ( Includes Metro Rail) ......... $42 Joint Regular• . ................. $52 Freeway Express . . . . . . $12 additional for each distance zone, maximum 5 zones Senior/ Disabled ................. $10 (No freeway distance charges required) Students Grades K-12 . . . . . . . . .. $18 (No freeway distance charges required) College and Vocational . . . . . . . . $25 (No freeway distance charges required) • includes Metro Rall, RTD local buses, and Long Beach Transit buses • • Persons who have been issued a Medicare Identification Card are ellgible for the $10 RTD Monthly Reduced Fare Pass. RTD discount tickets are sold for use on RTD buses only in books of ten for $ 9 ( $ .90 each) for regular patrons and in books of 20 for $ 9.00 ($.45 each) for seniors and disabled patrons. Discount tickets are not valid on the Metro Blue Line. A B 0 R D 0 El Servicio de Trans porte Ropido d e ! Sur d,a lilornla tR l es uno de lo• Hrvldosde transport• pub! !co mas ute nso de la naclon . Con mas de 2000 au!obUHtl RTD operando en 200 ruta,, el RTD ha creado ua 1iatema cuyo ob eto •• !ramportar lo donde qulera lr sin neeesldad de au au!omo-rll y a una fracclon del costo que le supondria manejar. Nues!ros nu .. ·os trenes del Metro, Linea Azul, proporclonan servlclo entre los centroa com• rciales de Los An geles y Long Beach . Loa Mapasy Gu101 del Sistema RTD le ayudaran a saear el mcixim o proveeho de l slstema de transport pliblico, m01trandole exacta meute las ruta• y des!laoa de Joa autobuses y trenesRTD. Asi que, 1venga y suba abocdo 1 RTD le llevara a 1udutino. INFOHMACION GENERAL SOB FU)S lJ U Servicios Regulares RTD. Estos servicios incluyen las lfneas locales de autobus que operan en las calles de la ciudad y las lineas de viaje cotidiano (incluyendo los servicios freeway express y park'n'ride o servicio expreso de autopista y parques de estacionamiento) que operan en una combinaci6n de calles de la ciudad y/o autopistas, y enlazan con muchas paradas del Metro, Linea Azul, entre el centro de Los Angeles y el centro de Long Beach. Servicios Especiales RTD. Entre estos se incluyen los servicios de temporada hacia el Dodger Stadium, Hollywood Bowl, L.A. County Fair, Rose Parade y Rose Bowl el Dia de Ano Nuevo e hip6dromos del area. Escribanos o llamenos para mas informaci6n. Pases Mensuales. Pueden obtenerse pases mensuales en mas de 600 lugares alrededor de Los Angeles. Estos pases ofrecen facilidad de uso a los viajeros frecuentes. Los pases se venden entre el dfa 25 de cada mes y el dia 10 del mes siguiente. Pueden utilizarse como pasaje en los autobuses y trenes de RTD. Objetos Perdidos. RTD tambien propor ciona este servicio. Si ha perdido un objeto, llame al (213) 937-8920 los dias habiles entre las 11 de la manana y las 5 de la tarde. Los objetos hallados pueden recogerse en el Centro de Clientes Wilshire (Wilshire Customer Center), 5301 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA. ltinerarios. Hay disponibles gratuitamente itinerarios para las lineas individuales de autobuses y del Metro, Linea Azul. Pueden obtenerse en cualquier RTD Customer Center (Centro para Clientes de RTD). Tambien pueden recogerse en muchas bibliotecas publicas locales o tiendas Thrifty Drug & Discount Stores, o escribiendo a RTD, 425 S. Main St., Los Angeles, CA 90013-1393. Mapas Regionales Gratis. Para infor maci6n mas detallada de las rutas de autobus y Metro, Linea Azul de RTD en su zona, que muestran los puntos de transbordo, servicio municipal local, e informaci6n sobre las lfneas de autobus, proporcionamos gratuitamente "mapas de sector" para nueve regiones del Condado de Los Angeles. Estos Guias de Servicio estan disponibles para las siguientes zonas: Downtown Los Angeles (Centro de Los Angeles) West Los Angeles East Los Angeles South Central Los Angeles San Fernando Valley San Gabriel Valley Mid-Cities South Bay Burbank, Glendale, Pasadena Mas lnformacion Gratuita. Disponemos de una variedad de folletos gratuitos para proporcionar a nuestros pasajeros informaci6n sobre nuestros servicios y operaciones. Para obtener una copia de cualquiera de los folletos indicados a continuaci6n, sirvase escribir a RTD, Los Angeles, CA 90013-1393. lnformaci6n sobre pasajes de RTD Prevencion de la delincuenc,a Gura para el nuevo v1ajero Servicio RTD accesible a los pasajeros con sillas de ruedas Directorio de ventas de pases Guia de autobuses al aeropuerto de L.A. (LAX) Seguridad de pasajeros y peatones • • Cada lugar de parada de autobuses RTD se identifica por un letrero rectan gular que dice 'bus stop'. El letrero exhibe el simbolo RTD, una franja bicolor, el numero(s) de las lineas de autobus, los destinos, y la disponibilidad de servicio. Ademas, en las paradas donde RTD proporciona servicio para el ascenso de sillas de ruedas se exhibe la marca normal que indica accesib1lidad para personas incapacitadas. En las estaciones del Metro, Linea Azul busque el simbolo "M" azul y negro que indica servicio de trenes. RTD opera una flota de 2000 autobuses equipados de sistemas automatizados para levantar sillas de ruedas, controla dos por el conductor. Estos elevadores permiten que las personas en sillas de ruedas tengan acceso a la red de lineas de autobuses de RTD. El Metro, Lfnea Azul, tamb1en ha sido diseriado para ser accesible a los pasajeros con sillas de ruedas. Hay elevadores y/o rampas en todas las estaciones. Hay tambien asientos/espacios reservados para sillas de ruedas para pasajeros incapa citados o de edad avanzada. El numero de la linea directa de RTD para pasajeros incapacitados es el 1-800-621-7828. METRO BLUE LINE Grand N - Rail Station Location O Park & Ride Station W1Uow Long Beach 5th St 1r.t St Para obtener pases mensuales, itinerarios, ma pas de rutas y otra informacion sobre autobuses, vis1te cualquiera de los Centros de Clientes de RTD. En el Centro Comercial de Los Angeles: ARCO Plaza, Nivel C, 515 S. Flower St 7.30 a.m. a 3:30 p.m., Lunes a Viernes Main Office (Of1c1na Central) 419 S Main St 8 a.m. a 4:30 p.m., Lunas a Viernes Oficina de Pases Raducidos 8 a.m a 4:30 p.m , Lunas a Viernes The California Mart 1016 S. Main St. 10 a.m. a 6 p.m., Mertes a Sabado Hollywood: 6249 Hollywood Blvd., 10 a.m. a 6 p.m., Lunas a Viernes San Fernando Valley: 14435 Sherman Way, Num. 107, Van Nuys 10 a m a 6 p.m , Lunas a Viernes San Gabriel Valley; RTD El MontA Station, 3501 Santa Anita Ave., 5:30 a.m. a 9 p.m, Dlariamente South Bay: Del Amo Fashion Center, Num. 28 , Torrance, 10 a.m. a 6 p.m. Martes a Sabado Baldwin Hills/Crenshaw: 3650 Martin Luther King Blvd., Los Angeles, 10 a.m. a 6 p. Martes a Sabado Wilshire District: 5301 Wilshire Blvd. 8:30 a.m. a 5 p.m., Lunes a Viernes East Los Angeles: 4501 B 'Wh1tt1er Blvd 10 a.m. e 6 p.m., Martes a Sabado • Las lineas telef6nicas estan abiertas los siete dias de la semana, desde las 6 de la mariana hasta medianoche. La informacion telefonica esta clausurada todos los dias feriados EXCEPTO el Dia de Ano Nuevo. Para poder servirle con mayor rapidez, sirvase tener a mano lapiz y papel, y este preparado para indicar a la operadora de RTD el lugar en el que desea comenzar su viaje y el lugar al que se dirige. Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena (818) 246-2593 Long Beach-Compton: (213) 639-6800 LOS ANGELES. !213) 626•4455 San Fernando Valley: (818) 781-5890 San Gabriel Valley· (818) 443-1307 So. Bay-LA International Airport: (213) 320-9442 West Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, Santa Monica: (213) 273 0910 Whittier-Downey: (2131 699-0954 Inland Empire: (714) 824-1100 Orange County: (714) 635 6010 Pomona-Walnut Valley: (714! 620-1871 Personas lmped1das del Oido (TTY) (800) 252-9040 Pasaje Local En Efectivo $ 1 10 (lncluye el Metro, Linea Azull Boletos de Descuento $0.90 (No son validos para el Metro, L nee Azul) 1 Estud1antes de secundaria. un1ver s1tarios y vocacionales pagan prec,o regular al pagar en efect1vol (S1 se emplea boleto de descuento para pagar por v1a1e por expreso o para pagar transbordo, nose le puede ,eembolsar po, sobrepagoJ Boletos de Transbordo Persona Mayor de $0 10 por cada uso Edad o lncapacitada Todos los demas $0.25 por cada uso Pasaje por Expreso de Autopista En Efacuvo (Sin uso de $1 50 a $3.10 boleto de descuentol Boleto de Transbordo $0.25 por cada uso Pasaje para Persona Mayo, de Edad/ lncapac1tada En Efect1vo $0 .55 (lncluye Metro, Linea Azull Boleto de Descuento $0.45 (No es valido en Metro, Linea A2ult (Sise emplea boleto de descuento para pagar por v1a1P. por expreso o para pa gar transbordo, no se le puede reembolsar por sobrepago) Pas111e por Autop1sta En Efecti110 (Sin uso de $0 75 a $1 ,55 boleto de descuentol Ciegos • Pases Mensuales Serv1c10 Local (lncluyo Metro, Unea Azull Regulares Con1 unto• Gratis $42 $52 Expreso de Autop,sta $12 ad1c1onales por cada 1ncrernento de d1stanc1a max1mo de 5 mcrementos Persona Mayor de Edad $ 1 O lncapac1tada • • (Nose cobra extra por recorrido en autop1stal Estud1antes Grados Ka 12 (Nose cobra extra por recomdo en autop,stal Estud1ante Coleg1al / Vocacional (Nose cobra extra por recomdo en au1op1stal $18 $25 • • • • • • • • • • TRANSIT POLICE DEPARTMENT STRIKE CONTINGENCY PLAN TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. PURPOSE 2. APPLICABLE PENAL CODE SECTIONS 3. LOCAL POLICE AGENCIES 4. SECURITY CONCERNS A. DRIVERS/PASSENGERS B. OTHER DISTRICT EMPLOYEES C. OPERATING DIVISIONS D. ADMINISTRATION BUILDING E. CENTRAL MAINTENANCE FACILITY F. CASH COUNTING ROOM/VAULT TRUCK 5. PARKING/ACCESS CONTROL A. EMPLOYEE PARKING B. DIVISION PARKING 6. STAFFING 7 • 8. EQUIPMENT CONTRACT SECURITY-SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS A. PURPOSE B. REPORTING FOR DUTY C. COMMUNICATION D. ACCESS CONTROL E. REPORTING PROCEDURES 1. ORDER OF REPORTING 2. CALL SIGNS 3. TRANSIT POL! CE • £.xh. C ... ' • • • DATE: TO: FROM: SUBJECT: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT TRANSIT POLICE DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM June 15, 1992 Richard Davis, 0MB Sgt. Kit Armstrong, Transit Police Transit Police Department Riot Activities This memo is in response to your request for a synopsis of Transit Police Department activities during the April, 1992 rioting in the Los Angeles area. During the initial stages of the rioting the Rapid Transit District was providing public transportation service along public streets within the disturbance area. The Transit Police Department directed its efforts to increased radio car patrol within this area to protect public transit patrons, in-service District employees, and in-service District equipment. Public unrest worsened, prompting the City of Los Angeles to go into an emergency operations mode. The Los Angeles Police Department established the primary field command post at RTD Division 5 (5425 S. Van Ness) consistent with prior plans. During command post set-up, the Transit Police Department assisted i n the evacuati on of District buses ·f r om Division 5 to Division 2, and posted Police Officers at each entrance gate to guard the perimeter of the facility. Transit Police Officers remained posted on guard duty throughout the riot period. District equipment (buses) parked at other locations within the emergency area was also threatened with destruction during the height of the unrest. Transit Police Officers provided protection to District employees tasked with evacuating and repositioning this equipment. Once the command post reached full operation, the Transit Police assigned a command level officer to liaison duty at the command post. This assignment was staffed continuously throughout the duration of the riot. As the unrest grew and the city of Los Angeles defined and closed the emergency area, regular RTD bus service ceased. Control of widespread looting and fires was the main concern of the civil authorities. Mutual aid for police and fire resources was initiated by the city of Los Angeles. The Division 5 command post was the location most police and fire equipment and personnel were reporting to. District buses and operators provided transportation for deployments of large groups of police officers to trouble locations. Fire equ i pment was d eployed to major fire locations and r e mai ned on standby . Di stric t buse s and operat ors rovided --------- - - - - - --- --- - ----- --- ... , • • • transportation for fire crew shift changes to and from these staging locations. Transit Police Department officers assigned to mutual aid escorted these buses throughout the emergency area. In addition to housing the command post, Division 5 was also the primary refueling point for all mutual aid police and fire equipment. Fuel tanker trucks from area refineries were continuously transporting fuel to Division 5 to replenish the fuel supplies. Transit Police Department officers assigned to mutual aid escorted the tanker trucks from the refineries through the emergency area to Division 5, and back out again. The District continued to provide regular public transportation to all service areas not closed by the emergency. Transit Police Officers not assigned to mutual aid directed their efforts toward protecting District employees, property and equipment at the various operating divisions, and providing routine patrol service to the District service area experiencing normal service operations. All Transit Police Department Sworn staff worked an emergency schedule of 12 hour shifts to provide adequate staffing for this effort. When the National Guard was activated and arrived in the city, they set up their command post at the Sports Arena in Exposition Park. National Guard Troops were deployed on street corners and in strategic locations, such as shopping centers, to maintain order. District buses and operators transported the bulk of these troops between the Sports Arena bivouac and their deployment locations. Typically RTD buses would deploy tro~ps in the evening, th en return to pick th em up in the morning . Many troop deployments were effected by military vehicles also. Transi t Police Department Officers, assigned to mutual aid to the Los Angeles Police Department Military Liaison Unit, provided escorts and guidance for these military troop movements throughout the duration of the emergency . • • • SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT TRANSIT POLICE DEPARTMENT INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM ******************************************************************* DATE: TO: FROM: SUBJECT: May 5, 1992 Chief Sharon K. Papa Lt. Sterling Putman Riot-related Incidents/Arrests ******************************************************************* The following arr1ests were made between April 29, 1992 through May 4, 1992. o 1 arrest - Attempted Grand Theft Auto o 1 arrest - Arson o 1 arrest - Assault with a Deadly Weapon o 13 Arrested - Curfew Violations See attached document for additional information. /sr - .:> DATE TIHE LOCATl0M INCIDENT RESPOHSE • APR 29 2117 VAN NUYS SHOTS FIRED RTD PO 2231 L·55 BRK WINDO'.J/23110 RTD PO 2034 VENICE/SAN VICENTE BRK \JMDSHLD/23110 LAPO 2035 CRNSHW/39TH BRK \INDW MONE 2059 JMPRL CRTS MISC OMG NONE 2035 VENICE/LA BREA RKS/BTLS RTO PO 2033 MNCHSTR/HOOVER UNK 08JT NOME 2022 PICO/WILTON BOTTLES NONE 2010 VENICE/LA BREA TRASH CANS MOME 2011 VINELAND/SAT I COY UNK 08JT NONE 1920 GRAPE/103 OPRTR/211PC NONE 1920 FLRNCE/NRK>IE ROCKS NONE 1915 JMPRJAL STATION ROCKS NONE 1912 KING/VERMONT PASS/245 NOME 1855 VER"4QtijT/66TH ROCKS NONE 1755 FLRNCE/MRMOIE ROCKS IHO PO 1726 L.B. /LI BEIHY VANDALi SH RTD PD 1846 NR~IE/62 PASS/243 NONE 1923 FUHilCE/MRMO IE OPR/243 LAPD 1948 lilA. I H/El SEGU,iDO ROCKS NONE 2014 ECHO PK/DOtilALOSOH OPR/243 RTD 1959 GAGE/HAI M OPR/23110 NONE 1844 GAGE/NORMO IE OPR/243 RTD PD • 2045 L.8./lilA.RKET ROCKS NONE 1942 CENTRAL/22ND ROCKS NOME APR 30 1514 CLD'aJTR /OXNRD ROO:S MONE 1546 ME LROSE /SAN VICENTE DIST/415 RTO PO 1247 VEN ICE/WILTON VANDALS NONE 1235 SAM PEDRO/ 1 ST ROCKS NONE 1654 SANTA MONICA/2ND DIST /640F SAMTA MON 1307 T-28 OIST/415 RTO PO 1620 SUM SET /EDGEMONT VANDALS NONE 1407 HUI) 'tlY /THRTN OJST NONE 2114 NAIN/8TH ROCKS NONE 1419 L.8./ALONORA SHOTS FIRED/NI RTD PO 1911 VAN NESS/BORDEN ROCKS NONE 1618 MAJN/8TH ROCKS NONE 1446 I( I NG/1 MPER I AL VANDALS NONE 1413 WASHINGTON STATION ROCKS NONE 1320 VENJCE/RAMPUT ROCKS NONE 2255 STANFORD/32NO ASSIST LAPO/PURST RTD PO 1916 CHASE/VAN NUYS BUS FOR TRNSPRT 1437 Ho.JITT /1 ST ROCKS NONE 621 UNION/6TH PASS/ATT 211PC NONE 613 L. 8/69TH DlST/415 NONE 817 FlwE OR A /COLD.< A DO DIST / 390 IHD PD • 827 'w'ES T ER ~/ 8 H OPRT / 2 3 R D PD n 2 0,;CE / RA/ol;:.Ai<T R 0:: S ,._ ::: ~E • DATE TIME LOCATION INCIDENT RESPONSE MAY 1 1353 HILL/VENICE MAN W/QJN RTD PO 1941 D· 18 ATT GTA RTD PO 1531 BEMTON/3RD OPR/243 RTD PO 1532 ROSCOE/LENNOX OIST/594 NONE 2S45 BROAO\JAY/1ST DIST NOME 1700 MACY/MISSION ROCKS NOME 1609 NORMDIE/6TH MAN W/GUN RTD PO 1627 EVERGREEN/1ST ROCKS NONE 1752 HA\/THRNE/NE\/TON DIST/415 TORRANCE 1739 KINGSLEY/6TH DIST IHO PO 1818 ROSCOE/LENMOX ROCKS NONE 1257 OLYMPIC/CENTRAL OPR/243 RTD PO 2338 CEMTRAL/4 nH OFCR/ROO.'.S/999 RTD PD 1250 SPRIMG/TEMPLE MAM \J/l(MIFE LAPD 1332 l(ElSO/LA BREA CAR VS BUS NOME 1520 D· 10 ROCl(S RTD PO 1627 EVERGREEN/1ST ROCKS NOME 658 OLYMPIC/MORMOIE ROCKS RTD PD 1816 TELEGRAPH/PARAMNT RQCl(S NONE • MAY 2 1828 LAUREL CYN/PEIORA CURFE\J IHD PO 1241 ATLANTIC/RIGGIN OPR/243 NONE 2216 GLMOAKS/VAM MUYS CURFE\J RTD PO 22 13 VAN NUY S/LRL CY .. CURFE\J RTD PO 2057 FOOTHILL/TERRA BELLA OJRFEW RTD PO 712 OlIVE/1ST OPR/243 RTD PO 1530 GLENOALE/101 F\IY ROCKS CHP 1528 SPRING/4TH OPR/243 NONE 1616 BROWAY /8TH VANDAL NONE 1539 SUNSET/ALVARDO SHOTS NONE 1730 MORANGO/COlORAOO PASS/243 PASADENA 1n6 GLEN OAKS/PAXTN ROCKS RTD PO 1n6 l.A./2NO HIT/RUN NONE 1315 Fl~R/9TH 01ST/640A NONE 1613 0-6 DIST/390 NONE 1651 VENICE/CRENSHAW SHOTS LAPO • ... » • DATE TIME LOCATION INCIDENT RES~SE MAY 3 1618 VALLEY/SUNSET HIT /RUN NONE 1222 GAGE/110F\IY HIT /RUN NOtilE 1028 FIG/26TH 01ST RTO PO 931 CRENSHA\,1/HYDE PK OPR/243 RTD PO 1558 MAIN/WINSTON DIST RTO PO 1212 FLMR/48TH ARRST/ARSON R T O PO 939 HOPE/18TH GTA IHD PO 719 SUNSET/PORTIA HIT /RUN NOWE 2316 LRL CYN/PIERCE CURFE\J RTO PO 2148 VAN NUYS/TELFARE CURFEW RTO PO 2104 WILSHIRE TCKT OFF ALARM RTO PO 2019 SAN FERNANDO/VAN NUYS CUR F EW R TD PO 1925 0-10 A UT0/4 59 R TO PO 1839 OCEAN / PICO OIS T/ 640F SAMTA MON 1813 FIG/ROSECRANS DIS T RTD PD 1758 ATLAN TI C / A LON::)R A ROCKS !! ChE 1717 VE N ICE/HAUSER DIS / 415 H0hE 1715 BR OADWAY /5 TH ATT / 211PC R i::) PD • MAY 4 1144 L-55 A LARM RTD PO 1649 BROADWAY/ 1 ST CURFEW RTO PO 2020 GLEN OAKS/PIERCE ROC(S IIOt,/E 809 SAT !COY /T~PA ROUS WQI,.£ 1454 HIGHLAND/SUNSET OPR/23110 RTD PO 1026 FIRESTOHE/PARAMOJMT 0 I ST no PO 2204 VAN NUYS/GLEN OAKS C\JRFE\J RTO PO 937 BOYLE/6TH ROCKS NOWE 1313 ADAMS/FAIRFAX ROCKS NONE 1858 AVALON/120TH DIST RTO PO 1541 RE SEDA/ROSCOE VANDALS RTO PO 1930 TOPANGA/VENTURA MAN \,I/KNIFE RTO PO 2146 8ROADWAY/9TH ROCKS RTD PO 1703 BALBOA/SEPULVEDA CURFEW RTD PO 1257 SUNSET/LA BREA OPR/243 RTD PO 1841 AVALON/120TH ROCKS RTO PO 1800 BELTOH/SHERMAN WY ROCKS NONE 1726 OLYMPIC/NOR.«>IE PASS/243 NONE • • • • SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT TRANSIT POLICE DEPARTMENT M E M O R A N D U M ***************************************************************** DATE: TO: FROM: SUBJECT: 4 June, 1992 Lt. Sterling Putman Inv. Mana Elliott Vehicles damaged during the LA Riot. ***************************************************************** UNIT: 0024 0049 0060 0061 0107 0110 0111 0166 0167 0168 0170 0171 0173 0175 1347 1352 1354 PROBLEM: Brakes. Broken steering column. Loud sound from the front end. Fowled carburetor. Catalatic converter has broken loose. Broken windshield. Blown rear differential. Front brakes. Headlights pulse, Blown voltage regulator. Broken Motorala MVA. Broken welds on door hinges. Cooling ,system. Broken welds on door hinges. Bullet hole in right rear corner panel. Blown transmission . Short in driver side spotlight. Fuel leak in passenger compartment . l • • • IOUTNEU CALIFOUlA RAPID TIMSIT DIITIICT T lAMIIT POLICE OUAITNENT EXPOSES I MCUltlEI) OUI I IG THE I I OT APIIL ZI • 29, 1992 PUICMSI lfOUUIT IOU c, .O.) • ,.o. IIJMl£1 2 • 1800 • 112 2 MOTOROLA IC ·310 tarry Phones ,.o. 1U11E1 2 • 1800 • 113 All TINE FOi 2 LINES fat 2 Cellular phones ,.o. NtNE1 2 - 1800 - 111 6 SINGLE ROLLAWAY BEDS - TOTAL FRCl4 P.O'S PETTY CASH EXPENSES· 4-30-92 RENTAL OF ROLLAWAY BEDS 4-30-92 M isc. Supplies 8320.00/ea. +TAX 81000.00/ea. o)100.00 EA. + TAX 5-5-92 C offee and foods - divis i on 5 (afte r LAPD left) - 5-6-92 Film developing of pictures during the riot - TOTAL FR()oi PETTY CASH TRAVEL & MILEAGE -AND MISC. CAN GOODS· DAN F O RD - REI MB URSE MENT 693.00 2,000.00 649.50 261.48 93 . 74 19.38 177.77 OVERTIME EXPENSES - POLICE OFFICERS ANO INVES.PAID OVERTIME - 4743 HOURS· PER PAYROLL printout LIEUTENANTS, SERGEANTS & CAPTS. · 369.41 HOURS C()oiP TIME HOURS· 1500 H RS. EQUIV. COSTS= A VE . OF S 21. 15/HR · HATS SUPPLIED DURING THE RIOT · F ROM TPOA · TOTAL EXPENSES AMClJNT 3,342. 50 552.37 1,100.00 142,609.00 12,665.77 31,725.00 600.00 192,594.64 • • • Memorandum I ---------------------------------- TO: Chief Papa FROM: Inv. Weissmann DATE: July 6,1992 SUBJECT: Additional Bus Service Attached is a list of additional bus service provided during the riots. Listed under service distribution is the number of City, County, State, and Federal personnel transported during the riots by RTD . • • , , ._ • t, L. t M l\ L. LJ : 0 • J I l * * " * A~ t) L. c;v c. * * ******************************************************************************************************************.***************** Oll/29/92 04/30/92 05/01/92 05/02/92 05/03/92 05/0lf/92 05/05/92 05/06/92 05/07/92 05/08/92 05/09/92 05/10/92 05/11/92 05/12/92 05/13/92 05/111/92 05/15/92 05/16/92 05/17 /92 05/18/92 TOTAL 1-4 5 38 90 188 85 89 16ll 33 28 13 50 39 0 0 0 0 55 0 0 0 877 3 0 209 219 238 268 186 97 29 29 29 11 7 . 5 8 0 0 10 0 0 13 1358 5 0 139 256 273 432 257 0 0 52 IIQ Ito 26 40 40 IIO IIQ IJO 40 0 110 1795 SERVICE DISTRIBUTION --------------- .---- CITY: 6,298 COUNTY: 854 STATE: 49 FEDERAL: 2,607 'IUrAL: 9, 808 • 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 7 0 44 187 138 179 123 60 69 17 0 19 18 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 864 8-2 0 9 lilt 51 117 56 17 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 250 9 0 17 151 296 183 116 42 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 817 10 138 152 155 107 2141, 35 50 21 32 51 1, ,, 54 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1103 • • 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 15 0 188 125 122 102 74 57 28 28 14 50 25 31 26 37 0 0 0 0 0 907 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 TOTAL 0 11,3 \ 512 1308 23 1250 299 1712 323 1863 354 1290 210 697 63 255 18 204 4 173 0 219 0 183 0 106 0 74 0 93 0 40 0 105 0 40 0 0 0 53 1806 9808 • -~ ... .. - ·• ~· : ~ · ... .- .;. • •· • RESOLUTION R-83-043 RESOLVED, that the Southern California Rapid Transit Dis trict does hereby approve the California Disaster and Civil Defense Mutual Aid Agreement and the General Manager is author ized to execute the Agreement on behalf of the District; RESOLVED FURTHER, that the General Manager is authorized to take such action as is necessary and proper to perform under the Agreement, including development of an emergency operational plan providing for mobilization of the District's resources and facilities in response to disaster conditions; RESOLVED FURTHER, that the District Secretary is authorized to file a certified copy of this Resolution with the California Emergency Council in a~cordance with Section 9(b) of the Cali fornia Disaster and Civil Defense Master Mutual Aid Agreement. CERTIFICATION The undersigned, duly qualified and acting as District Secretary of the Southern California Rapid Transit District, certifies that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of Resolution No. R-83-043 adopted at a legally convened meeting of the Board of Directors of the Southern California Rapid Transit District held on January 27, 1983. DATED: FEBRUARY 25, 1983 (SEAL) • • • CALIFORNIA DISASTER AND CIVIL DEFENSE MASTER MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT* This agreement made and entered into by and between the STAIE OF CALI FORNIA, its various departments and agencies, and the various political sub divisions, municipal corporations, and other public agencies or the State or California; WITNESSETH: WHEREAS, It is necessary that all of the resources and facilities of the State, its various departments and agencies, and all its political subdivi sions, municipal corporations, and other public agencies be made available to prevent and combat the effect of disasters which may result from such calamities as flood, fire, earthquake, pestilence, war, sabotage, and riot; and WHEREAS, It is desirable that each of the parties hereto should volun tarily aid and assist each other in the event that a disaster should occur, by the interchange of services and facilities, including, but not limited to, fire, police, medical and health, communication, and transportation services and facilities, to cope with the problems of rescue, relief, evacuation, rehabili tation, and reconstruction which would arise in the event of a disaster; and WHEREAS, It is necessary and desirable that a cooperative agreement be executed for the interchange of such mutual aid on a local, county-wide, re gional, state-wide, and interstate basis; NOW, nIEREFORE , IT IS HEREBY AGREED by and between each and all of the parties hereto as follows: 1. Each party shall develop a plan providing for the effective mobiliza tion of all its resources and facilities, both public and private, to cope with any type of disaster. 2. Ea: ::h party agrees to furnish resources and facilities and to render ser vice s to each and every other party to this agreement to prevent and combat any type of disaster in accordance with duly adopted mutual aid operational plans, whether heretofore or hereafter adopted, detailing the method and manner by which such resources, facilities, and services are to be made available and furnished, which operational plans may include provisions for training and test ing to make such mutual aid effective; provided, however, that no party shall be required to deplete unreasonably its own resources, facilities, and services in furnishing such mutual aid. 3. It is expressly understood that this agreement and the operational plans adopted pursuant thereto shall not supplant existing agreements between some of the parties hereto providing for the exchange or furnishing o~ certain types of facilities and services on a reimbursable, exchange, or otheT basis, but that the mutual aid extended under this agreement and the oparational p1ans adopted pursuant thereto, shall be without reimbursement unless otherwise expressly provided for by the parties to this agreement or as provided in Sections 1541, 1586, and 1587, Military and Veterans Code; and that such mutual aid is intended to be available in the event of a disaster of such magnitude that it is, or is likely to be, beyond the control of a single party and requires the combined forces of several or all of the parties to this agreement to combat. 4. It is expressly understood that the mutual aid extended under this agreement and the operational plans adopted pursuant thereto shall be available *NOTE : The State, all counties and nearly all incorporated cities are parties to this 1950 master agreement. See updating note · on page 4. The California Emergency Services Act, together with model resolutions, emergency proclamations and other pertinent legal references are found in the California Emergency Plan, Part Three. • • • and furnished in all cases of local peril or emergency and in all cases in which a STA1E OF EXTREME EMERffiNCY has been proclaimed. 5. tt is expressly understood that any mutual aid extended under this agreement and the operational plans adopted pursuant thereto, is furnished in accordance with the "California Disaster Act" and other applicable provisions of law, and except as otherwise provided by law that: "The responsible local official in whose jurisdiction an incident requiring mutual aid has occurred shall remain in charge at such incident including the direction of such per sonnel and equipment provided hi• through the operation of such mutual aid plans." (Sec. 1564, Military and Veterans Code.) 6. It is expressly understood that when and as the State of California enters into mutual aid agreements with other states and the Federal Government that the parties to this agreement shall abide by such mutual aid agreements in accordance with law. 7. Upon approval or execution of this agreement by the parties hereto all mutual aid oparational plans heretofore approved by the State Disaster Council, . or its -predecessors, and in effect as to some of the parties hereto, shall remain in full force and effect as to them until the same aay be amended, . re vised, or modified. Additional mutual aid operational plans and amendments, revisions, or modifications of existing or hereafter adopted mutual aid opera tional plans, shall be adopted as follows: (a) County-wide and local mutual aid operational plans shall be devel oped by the parties thereto and are operative as between the parties in accor dance with the provisions of such operational plans. Such operational plans shall be submitted to the State Disaster Council for approval. The State Dis aster Council shall notify each party •to such operational plans of its approval, and shal 1 also send copies of such operational plans to other parties to this agreement who did not participate in such operational plans and who are in the same area and affected by such operational plans. Such operational plans shall be oparative as to such other parties 20 days after receipt thereof unless within that time the party by resolution or notice given to the State Disaster Council, in the same manner as notice of termination of participation in this agreement, declines to participate in the particular operational plan. (b) State-wide and regional mutual aid operational plans shall be ap proved by the State Disaster Council and copies thereof shall forthwith be sent to each and every party a.ffected ·by such operational plans. Such operational plans shall be operative as to the parties affected thereby '20 days after re ceipt thereof unless within that time the party by resolution or notice given to the State Disaster Council, in the same • manner as notice of termination of participation in this agreement, declines to participate in the particular operational plan. '· (c) The declination of one or more of the parties to participate in a particular operational plan or any amendment, revisl..on,or aodification thereof, shall not affect the operation , o.f this agree11ent and the other operational plans adopted purs'-"'n~ ~hereto-. (d) Any party may at any time by resolution or notice given to the State Disaster Co:mcil, in the same manner as notice of termination of participation in this agre2ment, decline to participate in any particular operational plan, which declination shall become effective 20 days after filing with the State Disaster Council. (e) The State Disaster Council shall send copies of all operational plans to those state departments and agencies designated by the Q:>vernor. The Governor may upon behalf of any department or agency give notice that such department or agency declines to participate in a particular operational plan . -2- • • • (f) The State Disaster Council, in sending copies of operational plans and other notices and information to· the parties to this agreement, shall send copies to the Governor and any department or agency head designated by him; the chairman of the board of supervisors, the clerk of the board of supervisors, and County Disaster Council, and any other off icer designated by a county; the mayor, the clerk of the city council, the Cit y Dis a s ter Council, and any other officer designated by a city; the executive head, the clerk of the governing body, or other officer of other political subd_ i.vis ions and p:1blic agencies as designated by s uch parties. 8. This agreement shall become effective as to each party when approved or executed by the party, and shall remain operative and effective as between each and every party that has heretofore or hereafter approved or executed this agreement, until participation in this agreement is terminated by the party. The termination by one or more of the partie s of its participation in this agreement shall not affect the operation of thi s agreement as between the other parties thereto. Upon approval or execution of thi s agreament the St.ate Disas ter Council shall send copies of all approved and existing mutual aid opera tional plans affecting such party which shall become operative as to such party 20 days after receipt thereof unless within that time the party by resolution or not ice given to the State Disaster Council, in the sa:ne manner as notice of termination of participation in this agreement, declines to participate in any particular operational plan. The State Disaster Co~ncil shall keep every party currently advised of who the other parties to this agreement are and whether any of them has declined to participate in any particular operational plan. 9. Approval ·or execution of this agreement shall be as follows: (a) The Governor shall execute a copy of this agreement on behalf of the State of California and the various departments and agencies thereof. Upon execution by the Gov2rnor a signed copy shall forthwith be filed with the Sta t e Di s a s ter Council. (b) Counties, cities, and other political subdivisions and public agencies having a legislative or governing body shall by resolu tion approve and agree to abide b y this agreement, which may be designated as "CALIFORNIA DISASTER AND CIVIL DEFENSE MAS1ER MUnJAL AID AGREEMENT." Upon adopt ion of such a re solution, a certified copy thereof shall for t hwith be filed with the State Dis~~ter Council. * (c) The executive head of those political subdivisions and public a~ncies having no legislative or governing body shall execute a copy of this agreement and forthwith file a signed copy with the State Disaster Council. 10. Tenri.nation of participation in this agreement may be effected by any party as follows: (a) tbe -Oovernor upon behalf of the State and its various departments ; and agencies 1 and the executive head of th~ political subdivi sions and public agencies having no legislative or g~verning body, shall file a written notice of termination of participation in this agreement with the State Disas ter Council and this agreement · is terminated as to such party 20 days after the filing of such notice. (b) Counties, cities, and other political subdivisions and public agencies having a legislative or governing body shall by resolu- -3- • • tion give notice of termination of participation in this agree ment and file a certified copy of such resolution with the State Disaster Council, and this agreement is terminated as to such party 20 day s after the filing of such resolution . IN WI1NESS WHEREO.: �' this agreement has been executed and approved and is effective and operative as to each of the parties as herein provided. ATTEST: November 15, 1950 {GREAT SEAL) NOTE: /signed/ /signed/ EARL WARREN a)VERNOR On oehalf of the State of California and all its Departments and Agencies FRANK M. JORDAN Secretary of State Th~re ar~ references in the foregoing agreement to the California Disaster Act, State Disaster Council, and various sections of the Military and Veterans Code . Effective November 23, 1970, by enactment of Ch.,pter 1454, Statutes 1970, the California Disaster Act (Sect ions 1500 ff., Military and Veterans Code) was suµerseded by the California E~ergency Se~vices Act (Sections 1550 ff., Gov~rn ment Code), and the State Disaster Co:mcil was superseded by the California Emergency Council. Section 8668 of the California Emergency Services Act provides: (a) Any disaster council previously accredited, the State Civil Defense and Disaster Plan, the State Emergency Resources Management Plan, the State Fire- Disaster Plan, the State Law Enforcement Mutual Aid Plan, all previ- ously approved civil defense and disaster plans, all mutual aid agreements, and 11 doc~-.ents and agreements existing as of the effective date of this chapter, shall remain in full force and effect until revised, amended, or - revoked in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. ,· of the new act ~pecifically provides: t.lMas"ter Mutual Aid Agreement" means the California Disaster and Civil De f~nse Master Mutual Aid Agreement, made and entered into by and between the St~te of California, its various departments and agencies, and the various p-:>litical subdivisions of the state, to facilitate implementation of the purp_f)ses of this chapter. Substantially the same provisions a s previously contained in Sections 1541, 1564, 1586 and 1587 of the Military and Veterans Code, referred to in the fore going agreeiuent, are now contained in Sections 8633, 8618, 8652 and 8653, re spectively, of t?!e Gm,ernment Code. 4/81 -4- Number 5 Volume 20 May, 1992 In the RTD Tradition: An Incredible Response TABLE .I_OFCONTENTS A Word from the General Manager .. ..... ... . 3 R TD Responds ......... .... .. ...... ................. .. ... .... .4 RTD Toasted with Tributes ...................... .. .. .. .. .. 5 How Wynn and Company Did the Job ...... .. .... ........ 7 Mechanic Jamal SaJeem ... .. ....... .. .... .. ... .. .. .. ...... ... 8 Dispatcher Ron Novak. ....... ........................ ...... . 8 Division 5 Maintenance Manager RickHittinger.. .. . 9 Operator Avalino Tiangco ...... .. ................... .. .... .. 9 Transit Police Dispatcher Jimmy Adams .. ........ .. 10 Operator Francisco Gabaldon .... .... .... ... .... ..... ..... 10 Director ofTransportation Dan Ibarra .... .. .... ... .. ... 11 Assistant Division Manager Diane Frazier. ....... ... 11 Superintendent of Maintenance Ken Miller ........ 12 Operator Manuel Rangel ... .... .. ..... .... .. ..... .. ........ 12 Counseling Available to RTD Employees .. .... ... .. 13 RTD Operates Special Shuttle in South Central. ... . 13 Riot Reflections .............. ... .... .. ....... .... .... ... .. 14 Division 1 Operators Transport President's Men .. 14 Operator Reu hen Baca .. .. ..... .. .. .... ..... .... .............. 15 Letter of Appreciation .... ..... .... .. .. .... .... .. ........ ... 15 We're Number One (Again!) .. ..... .. ..... .... ..... ... .. .. 16 RTD Unveils "Translink" Service .. ... .. ... ....... .. .. . 21 RTD Board Votes to Expand Police Force ...... ... .. 21 Police Blotter. ..... ...... .. ... ............ .. ... ........... 22 The Stats ... ... ... ...... .... .. .. .... ...... .... ... ......... . 22 Marathon Men and Women ...... ... .... ...... ........ .... · .. 23 RTD Blue Line Video Wins Awards .. .. ...... .......... 24 RTD Spotlights Blue Line Safety .. ...... ..... .... ... .. ... 24 Campaigning for Safety ... .. ... .... .. .... ...... ... ....... ... 25 Schedule Changes ...... .. .. .. ... .. .... .. ... ..... .. .......... 26 Shifting Gears .. ..... .. ..... ... ....... ......... .... ........ 27 Public Commendations ..... ........... .. .. .... ... ... .. .. ..... 28 In Memoriam ......... ........ .... .. ... .. .. ... .............. . 28 By George .... .. ....... ...... .. ... ..... .. .... .... .... .. ... .. 30 Letter to the Editor. ..... ..... ........ .. ..... .. ........... 30 A Financial Flunky Talks Investments .. ....... .-.... ... 31 R TD Issues FY '91 Annual Report ..... ... .... ... ... ..... 31 Commendations ..... ...... ... ......... ..... .... .. .... ... ... .. 3 5 MAY 1992 H E A D W A Y 2 The Headway ... is published by the Southern California Rapid Transit District for the employees, retirees, and its friends every month. Headway is guided by a policy approved by the General Manager and published in the Human Resources Policy Manual. A copy is available on request. Views and opinions contained herein do not necessarily reflect official District policy. The Headway welcomes contributions from RTD em ployees and retirees-letters to the editor, story ideas, opin ions, employee and staff activities, and other submissions. Deadline is the first day of the month for inclusion in the following month. Submissions should be typed double-space and signed by the author or on disk using the WordPerfect program. Opinion pieces and letters to the editor should not be more than 500 words and should be submitted on disk whenever possible. The editor reserves the right to select, edit, and position all copy. Stories may be reprinted with acknowledgment of source. Editorial Office: Administration Building, 425 S. Main St., Human Resources Department, Second Floor, (213) 972-7165. Printing Services Section Staff: Photo Lithographic Op erators-Rob Hartert and Ferrol Yeakle; Pressmen II Pat Bates, Eliud Castellanos, Oscar Arzadon, Roberto Arrivillaga; and Bindery Operators II-Manny Alvarez, Andre Leonard, and Luis Melendez. Editor: Andrea Greene Business Manager: Stacy Tran Contributing Editors: Cheryl Brown and Luanna Urie. Design and Layout: Shawn D. Lowe-Ewing Member: International Association of Business Com- municators and California Association of Public Information Officers. The Headway is printed on recycled paper. "Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which one has overcome while trying to succeed." -Booker T. Washington Neither the Headway nor the RTD endorses the prod ucts or verifies the accuracy of the claims made in the advertising, which has appeared, appears, and will appear on the pages of the Headway. The advertising is simply a revenue-generating measure. Further, we reserve the right to reject any objectionable ad. • • A Word from the General Manager Mayor Bradley and other city officials to clear away bureaucratic roadblocks and allow the R TD to resume full service in all areas of the city as quickly as possible. Courageous Response to the Crisis RTD General Manager Alan Pegg (right) and Governor Pete Wilson discuss the use of Division 5 as the Emergency Operations Center for approximately 4,500 military and police personnel. Meantime, RTD personnel worked around the clock to serve the emergency crews, repairing and fueling hundreds of their vehicles . I have never been prouder of the men and women of the Southern Cali fornia Rapid Transit District than I was during the civil disturbances that wracked Los Angeles beginning the evening of April 29. I toured the various divisions and terminals, observed operations from the Bus Control Center and saw our operators, road supervisors, Transit Police and many other employees in action. It brought home to me in the most graphic manner possible the in tense dedication of RTD profession als who worked long hours under the most adverse conditions to provide transit service. We provided that ser vice not only to patrons in as many neighborhoods as we could reach, but also transported hundreds of police officers, Sheriffs deputies, National Guardsmen, Marines, Red Cross evacuees and even prisoners. There are many examples of our employees' courage and commitment to public service, but one stands out in my mind. On April 30,attheheightof the riots, the RTD was advised to shut down service two hours short of the 6 p.m. curfew. Despite warnings that they might be heading into danger, a number of our operators continued their routes until long after dark in an effort to get stranded passengers safely to their destinations. When Foothill Transit Authority abandoned its passengers at the El Monte Station, the RTD was there to take them downtown. Those acts of individual determi nation were characteristic of the RTD' s efforts -- from the most senior official down to the newest employee - throughout the crisis. Board President Marvin Holen worked closely with The result of his efforts, and of those ofhundreds of employees, meant that the R TD remained flexible and ab le to respond to many different types of situations. When a line could be reinstated, it was up and running within hours. When buses had to be rerouted to avoid demonstrations or violence, the dis patchers and road supervisors moved them smoothly onto other streets. When Foothill Transit Authority abandoned its passengers at the El Monte Station, the RTD was there to take them down town. When military units were re lieved, RTD buses shuttled them to rest areas and brought in new troops. At a time when the county is plan ning to spend millions of dollars to build fixed rail transportation systems, this example of the importance of maintaining a flexible -- and respon sive -- bus system could not be more striking. Only buses could have achieved what the RTD managed to accomplish. As we look back on the civil crisis of 1992, it is well to remember the findings of the McCone Commission following the Watts riots in 1965. The commission reported that lack of pub lic transportation before the distur bances had trapped residents in a ghetto, denying them access to public service, jobs and many other necessi ties of life. Now, the RTD is faced with a similar situation. In January, we cut our bus service by 100,000 hours to stay within a barebones budget. A second 100, 000-hour service cutback is planned for June. In light of the emergency the city has just come through -- and will contend with for some time to come -- continued shrink ing of R TD bus service can only cre ate additional hardships for our tran sit-dependent patrons. MAY 1 992 H E A D W A Y 3 RTD Responds to serve Foothill's passengers who would have been stranded. And what ofRTD's dispatchers? These men and women are accus tomed to working all hours of the night. But now they faced worried operators whose numerous requests for assistance had to be handled swiftly and sensitively. If that wasn't enough, calls from police and military personnel started pouring in. Send 10 buses here to take 500 policeman there. Send 25 buses there to bring 700 National Guards men here. National Guard troops board one of 106 RTD buses used during the rioting to transpon law enforcement authorities. RTD operators reponed that the troops were pleasant, but exhausted, after a night on the streets. At the height of the disturbance, 140 RTD buses were helping to trans port the men and women who finally were able to enforce curfews and re gain control. Beginning the evening of April 29, and for the next four days, RTD employees responded to a major emer~ gency the likes of which they had not witnessed in a generation. All ofour contingency plans, emer gency preparedness meetings and cri sis management seminars suddenly be came tragically relevant when rioting and looting broke out in the wake of the announced verdict in the Rodney King case. Most small businesses and resi dents in South Central Los Angeles shut their doors and went home, fear ing for their personal safety. But hun dreds ofRTD employees stayed on the job. In the 100 hours following the initial incidents April 29, RTD em ployees rose to this ominous occasion with unparalleled dedication, grace, professionalism and courage. Perhaps the example was set at the beginning. Operators who were running bus lines in South Central Los Angeles saw what was happening. It would have been easy, and under standable, for them to take their buses and go to the nearest division as soon . as the rocks and eggs and bricks started fl in. MAY1992 HEADWAY 4 But our operators kept the buses running. They kept on serving passen gers. Only when they received instruc tions from central dispatch a few hours later did they pull their buses off the streets. RTD picked up where other bus companies left off. Foothill Transit elected not to send its buses from the El Monte Terminal to downtown Los Angeles, so RTD rolled out extra buses Division 5 in South Central was turned into a command post for up to 4,500 military personnel, police offic ers and firefighters. The yard served as a safe haven for law enforcement personnel who patrolled the tense streets. Maintenance workers repeat edly fueled 170 fire engines stationed at Division 5, scores of police cars and motorcycles, dozens ofNational Guard continued on page 18 . .. At the height of the unrest, squad cars representing• a host of law enforcement agencies -- from Kern to San Diego counties -- packed the Division 5 bus yard. • • RTD Toasted with Tributes Numerous Agencies Honor District and Employees for a Stunning Performance Supervisor Ed Edelman, on behalf of the Los Angeles Cou,zty Board of Supervisors, presents a proclamation of commendation to the RTD for providing a vital transportation infrastructure during the rioting. "Whereas," the proclamation reads, "the SCRTD, working shoulder to shoulder with law enforcement and fire department personnel, was the largest non-sworn body of public servants who conti,zuously provided service to the public during the period of civil unrest." Accepting the award.from Edelman are (from left to right) Ala,z Pegg, RTD general manager a,zd Marvin Hole,z, RTD Board president. Scores of government, public chiefoftheLAPD, whotoldtheBoard, adamnaboutpeoplewhoneededtrans- and police agencies -- from the Na- "If we could only bottle up what your portation to get to work; they appar- tional GuardtotheLosAngeles County employeesgavetous,anduseitacross ently were more concerned that their BoardofSupervisorstotheLosAnge- the city, then this would truly be a city shiny new buses might be the targets les Police Department (LAPD) -- of angels." of violence. They were very willing to heaped praise on the RTD and its Supervisor Ed Edelman, who pre- allow the RTD buses and drivers to be employees for their extraordinary per- sented a proclamation to the RTD the targets of that potential violence." formance during last month's civil Board on behalfofthe board of super- Among the employees who spoke unrest. visors, said that the decisions made by to the throngs of reporters packing the At a special meeting of the R TD R TD management and employees were board room was Operator Eugene BoardofDirectorsMay7,sevenRTD critical to helping cope with the vio- Pobol of West Hollywood, an RTD employees, representing hundreds of lence. "They were the backbone of part-timer. "Never," he said, "have I their colleagues who responded with thisveryimportantoperation,"hesaid. worked for a company that has such grace and courage, told stories of mov- Edelman had introduced the motion dedication to get the job done." ing exhausted troops in the dead of commending the District to his fellow "We slid into this supermarket night, doing field surveys of streets at supervisors the day before; seconded parking lot," he told the Board, "and three in the morning, and refusing, by Supervisor Kenneth Hahn, it was as each soldier stepped off the bus, I despite sniper fire, to abandon their approved unanimously. could hear the click of their rifles as routes so that passengers could get to In a letter to the RTD Board, Earl they locked and loaded. It sent chills their destinations safely. Clark, general chairman of the United Among those offering congratu- Transportation Union, criticized Foot- continued on page 6 ..... lations was Matthew Hunt, deputy hill Transit, writing, "They didn't give MAY 1992 H E A D W A Y 5 Toasted with Tributes . . . continued from page 5 TOS John Escher: Back on the job the day after being assaulted and robbed. up my spine." Noted Art Leahy, assistant gen eral manager of operations, "In many cases, the operator was the only one on the bus who wasn't wearing a flak jacket." Road Supervisor JohnEscherwas one of six RTD employees who suf fered injuries during the riots. He was directing bus operations near the scene of the first violence, at Florence and Normandie. As Escher was returning to his car, he was chased four blocks up Normandie and then assaulted and robbed by a crowd of youths. Despite cuts and bruises, he stayed on duty the rest of the night and worked his shifts throughout the remainder of the emer gency. Bus Operator Hilton Hackley, a former Operator of the Month, was making his last run for the day southbound on Vermont when the ri ots began. "I wanted to take my pas sengers home," he told the Board. "I felt good about it ( transporting troops) knowing that I was doing something to help in an emergency situation. A 10- year RTD veteran, Hackley stayed on the job and made other runs that MAY 1 992 H E A D W A Y 6 evening and throughout the long days of turmoil. Added Leahy, "He spent the first night of the riots at an outlying division ten miles from his car." Natividad Castillo, a25-year RTD veteran, was the Blue Line supervisor on duty for the northern portion of the commuter rail line at the outbreak of violence. Castillo escorted the first southbound train and made sure the tracks were clear for operation. ''We had debris on the track, and even missiles thrown at the trains," he said. Sergeant Nick Aldana, a Transit Police officer since 1981 was in charge of a detail that provided security for RTD buses transporting police, fire and military units . Almost 200 Tran sit Police officers were deployed on 12-hour shifts to provide backup to law enforcement agencies. Operator Hilton Hackley: "It felt good knowing I was doing something to help. " Diane Frazier, acting Division 5 manager and Rick Rittinger, Division 5 maintenance manager also shared their stories with the Board. Inter views with them are on pages 9 and 11. Beside Escher, theotherRTD op erators who were injured in the fray include Operators Bunni Barr, Michael Bullock, Pamela Harris, Antonio Renden and Bryant Robinson. Operator Eugene Pobol: "/felt as if the whole company was behind me. " Thank You, RTD Letters from Public are Beginning to Pour In DearRTD: Thank you all so much for the outstanding job you all did during the recent violence in L.A. I was one of those people trying to get home by bus on April 3 0. The professionalism, calm attitude, and helpfulness of my drivers made a scary situation bearable. I know that those of us who ride the buses don't let you know how much we appreciate the job you do. So thank you. I know that you aren't rewarded with big salaries, but I hope knowing how much you 're needed and appreciated will be some compensa tion. Sincerely, Susan Chamberlin Venice • Dear RTD: The public has heard of all the agencies that were involved in helping the LAPD, but we have not heard anything about the personnel at RTD; continued on page 14 . . . • • • • • How Wynn and Company Did the Job by Anthony Greno News Bureau Representative Even after Mayor Bradley lifted the curfew on Los Angeles, the RTD Bus Operations Control Center was abuzz with calls for buses to handle police and troop movements. At the peak of riot control activity over the weekend, as many as 600 RTD buses were pressed into service over several days on special assign ment to help deploy LAPD officers, sheriffs deputies, National Guards men, U.S . Marines, FBI agents and federal marshals. With Division 5 at 54th Street and Van Ness Avenue converted into the command post of the LAPD and Fire Department for riot control and firefighting operations, R TD buses had to be moved elsewhere. "The only buses left at Division 5 were those requested by the LAPD and the Fire Department," said Mark Solomon, transit operations supervi sor in communications. "When Divi sion 5 became the command center, buses were sent to divisions 18 [Carson], 2 [15th and San Pedro streets], and 7 [West Hollywood]," Solomon said. "Basically after that when bus service was restored, we conducted Division 5 operations out of Division 18 over that weekend." RTD personnel--particularly op erators--ended up in small predica ments as buses were cleared out of Division 5, said Joe Uresti, TOS/com munications/special events. "Some had to dodge numerous hazards to get to Carson as rioting and burning broke out, and others ended up sleeping over night at Division 2, because there was no way they could get out of down town." By Monday, calls were still com ing in for more buses to different parts of the city. At noon, the FBI called for two more buses in Westwoodat4 p.m. to take agents to Norton Air Force Base in San Bernardino. Earlier that morning, the FBI had already asked for one bus for the same purpose, which was dispatched. Another call early Monday was to pick up U.S. marshals at an armory on San Gabriel River Parkway in Pico Rivera. Passersby saw special signs in the windshields of the buses announc ing "U.S. Marshals." Glenn Wynn, acting radio dis patch manager, noted that LAPD in the initial deployment of RTD buses requested one bus at each police sta tion or division for a total of 18 loca tions, plus three buses at the Police Academy in Elysian Park, and three to five buses at all times at Parker Cen ter on Los Angeles Street. As Division 5 was converted to the police and fire command center, buses were brought back as needed, Wynn said. "From there out, buses were sent from one point to another by the police and fire departments and we are still tracking them. In all, we had a total of 600 buses over several days on special assignment for police and fire use. " Reporters· from virtually every television channel in the Los Angeles market did "stand-up" reports from outside Division 5 with "54th Street and Van Ness" appearing in letters across the television screen. The tall palms, common as street trees in that part of Los Angeles, provided a back- drop to the comings and goings of RTD buses, fire trucks and police patrol cars. Farther west, on Crenshaw Bou levard, the National Guard arrived on Friday to set up an initial base at the LAPD Southwest Homicide Division in the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza shopping center. When the first bus load of National Guard troops ar rived, television news helicopters hov ered overhead, broadcasting live as the bus stopped at a check point in the driveway and proceeded into the roof top parking lot. On the Next Pages 0 n the next several pages, Headway includes the reactions of some RTD employees, from operators to managers to mechanics to transit police officers, who were instrumen tal in maintaining the basic transpor tation infrastructure at a time of criti cal need. The people whose remarks you will read are among the hundreds of R TD employees who kept faith with the community, delivered ser vice, and provided an excellent ex ample for the rest of the industry to follow. -<", ~ t> . J:,:\ r{t • !Si .. 'r'. ·; Smoke billows from the neighborhood around Division 5. Due to the loss of the facility, 190 buses and employees were immediately re-assigned to three other locations. MAY 1992 H E A D W A Y 7 Mechanic Jamal Saleem . .. Jamal Saleem is a mechanic A assigned to the third shift at Division 5. He lives in Moreno Valley with his wife and four foster children. He regu larly rides the bus to and from work. He drives from his home to the Grey hound Terminal in Riverside. He then rides an RTD bus to work. The evening of April 29, was no different. He got up at six p.m., got ready for work, and left from his house 45 minutes later. Unaware of the events taking place in Los Angeles, he drove to the Greyhound Terminal and boarded the RTD to L.A. The bus dropped him off, as usual,at 9th and Broadway. He then walked a few blocks to catch a Line 45 bus. But on this night, he couldn't un derstand why there were hardly any buses on the streets. He and a few other people got on the last bus going south on Broadway. He saw the com motion on the street and listened to the other passengers talking about all of the looting and fires in South Central. So he got off the bus at Broadway and Vernon. But not because he wanted to tum around and head back to down town. He knew he had to get to work. He avoided the main streets where bullets flew and fires roared. He walked on the residential side streets of South Central, often zig-zagging to avoid the crowds. Finally, after walking four miles, he arrived at Division 5, only to find it dark. He showed his badge to the Tran sit Police officer at the entrance to the parking structure and was allowed to enter. Dispatcher Ron Novak • • • Dispatcher Ron Novak, who worked the Watts Riots as a police officer, says that on the night.the 1992 Riots broke out, his bus operators were very persistent about delivering their passengers home despite the many street closures. MAY 1 992 H E A D W A V 8 Dispatcher Ron Novak knows how tough it can get on the streets. Twenty-seven years ago, Novak was among the first law enforcement offic ers to be injured in the Watts Riots. Then a Transit Police Officer - formerly called Special Agents,- Novak suffered injuries as he stepped off a curb at Imperial and Avalon. His name appears in an article listing in jured officers in a 1965 edition of the Herald Examiner. He was one ofeight Transit Police officers back then, and he remembers one of his details - escorting the night watchman for the Shops Building to and from his home amidst the violence. On the night the '92 riots flared, Novak was on duty, but this time as a dispatcher in the Radio Control Cen ter. He says he had two problems, both on the 55 line, which routes through Compton. "I had one bus at 83rd and Compton. He got all kinds of rocks. One of the windows shattered Mechanic Jamal Saleem walked from downtown Los Angeles through a hail of gun.fire to get to his job at Division 5. and the broken glass hit a passenger. He called in and I called the Fire Department. They refused to roll." Novak says the brave operator drove the passenger to Martin Luther King/Drew Medical Center. His second problem of the evening was on the same line. "I got reports of more activity at 42nd and Compton. The bus operator called in and was quite upset, because he was carrying nearly a full load and he wanted to get his passengers home safely. I said to him, 'Operator, you can't get down the street -- it's closed."' He radioed me that his passengers were most upset and that he had a wheelchair passenger on board. He was very persistent about delivering them safely." Novak says there was no sense in arguing with him, that he was deter mined to drive through. "I don't know • • how far he took them, but I do know • that he and his bus got back to the barn in one piece." • • • Division 5 Maintenance Manager Rick Hittinger • • • Rck Bittinger didn't hear the message that Superintendent ofMain tenance Ken Miller had left for him on his home phone, telling him to stay put. Bittinger had already charged back to work some 20 minutes after hearing the news on KFI radio. Fear ing the worst, the Division 5 mainte nance manager navigated his RTD unit through blinding smoke - "It was like a scene from Hades, he recalls" - before pulling up to Division 5 at the comer of 54th and Arlington. "We had it all," he says, mention:. ing that the coroner's office had even set up a temporary morgue on-site. "We held the second shift through until seven in the morning. My crew fueled the fire trucks and police cars, changed the oil and repaired tires." That was no small feat. Over the next five days, Bittinger and crew insured that 96 firetrucks, 325 LAPD, CHP, and Transit Police squad cars, and 48 National Guard vehicles were in top mechanical form. Ironically, the Division's fish fry had been scheduled for the 30th. There was 375 pounds of fresh fish on Wednesday at Division 5. The men and women in uniform -- several hundred of them -- ate well. On Friday, May 1, Bittinger headed to Division 18 to pick up the checks. He followed a strike unit out and as he approached the on- ramp to the Harbor Freeway, shots rang out. His windshield and right rear window were gone. "I sped away as fast as I could," he says. But when he came to Imperial Highway, he couldn't help but notice a woman and her three children in their stalled car on the side of the freeway. At 11:30 at night, in his broken unit, he stopped. ("It's just something you do," he said later.) She was out of gas. He radioed the Dis patch Center, and they, in tum, called for help. "Thank you," he recalls the woman saying, as he drove away un der a night sky lit up with fire. "Thank you for stopping." Operator Avalino Tiangco • • • Operator Avalino Tiangco was robbed of his wallet, necklace and two rings. Avalino Tiangco was driving the 117 line when he saw the commo tion up ahead. There were six passen gers in the bus, he remembers, among them, a couple who didn't speak En glish, and a woman who was on her way to deliver money to her sick daugh ter. He had just passed the projects near Jordan High School when the R TD Radio Control Center told him to pull into the nearest division. There was trouble, they told him. What, he wondered, was he sup posed to do about his passengers who depended on the bus to get to their destination? Something inside told him to continue, not to detour. 'IfI die, he told himself, "then I want to die inside my bus.' Then he saw the big crowds ahead on 103rd. His bus slowed at Gorman. "They swarmed the bus, broke my windshield," he says, nervously. "One pulled a gun at me and then someone pulled me down and grabbed my wallet, my necklace and two rings. "But I'm like an airplane pilot ... . I will always stay with my bus." "I was begging them to stop. But I also thought, 'If this is my day, so be it., He remembered the lady who had saved $300 for her daughter. She was crying. He recalls that a man came aboard the bus and molested a second woman passenger. All of a sudden, he remembers a police car came by. The crowd, con tent with the loot dispersed. He called the Dispatch Center. Sometime later that night, he re turned home. His wife, who was wor ried sick about him, saw the scratches on his neck. She didn't want him to return to work. "But I'm like a pilot," he says, with a thick accent. "I will always stay with my bus." MAY 1 992 H E A D W A V 9 Transit Police Dispatcher Jimmy Adams . . . Ir there was one guy whose job put him smack in the middle of the operation, it was Transit Police Dis patcher Jimmy Adams. Transportation's man behind the pan eled glass for ten years, he had barely started his shift on April 29, when an operator called in, saying he was tak ing on rocks at Florence and Normandie. "He said that his win- dows were broken; I told him to get his bus safely out of the area," recalls Adams. "After that call, my screen lit up." Adams says that between 4:30 and 6:00 p.m. on the first night law lessness reigned, there was one prob lem after another on the 206 line (N ormandie and Florence), the 210 line (Crenshaw and King), and the 212 line (La Brea and Rodeo). "All of the operators were taking bricks," he says. He says that in the San Fernando Valley, a female opera tor called in, screaming that she was being shot at. I told her to move· her bus, which she did, and we rolled Transit Police to the scene. Adams says that police later confirmed that a bullet had, indeed, smashed through the bus, narrowly missing the operator's window. Meantime, Adams had his hands full with the beating of TOS Jon Escher. By then, he says, "We knew that we couldn't get help from the police. We knew we were on our own." Adams alerted Transit Police of ficers, who transported a bruised ·Escher to Di,vision 5. Adams says that although it was a panic situation for everyone, he was able to calm operators down by speak ing in a low tone. Doing so immedi ate! y brought down the level of their anxious voices. Says the unfazed Adams, "I knew this was going to happen that night. There were a lot of incidences coming at you at one time. But we dealt with them. "I like going home knowing that the patrons got home safely. As long as I know that we responded quickly, I can go home and be at peace." Operator Francisco "Poncho" Gabaldon • • • Operator Francisco Gabaldon put in 21 hours straight at the peak of the rioting. ''Oh no," he gasped when he heard the verdict. Politics aside, the operator his buddies affectionately re fer to as 'Poncho,' knew his Line 207 could be in for some trouble. "But never did I think it would escalate into something that big," he says, shaking his head. It was just after seven p.m. when he passed 83rd and Western, and saw crowds of people in the street. His pasengers were scared, he said. "I told them to be calm and if anything hap pened, we would pull off the line and find cover." He says that his passen gers got off at Manchester. Friday morning, Gabaldon was told to take his bus to the 77th Street Police Station. "The officers treated us really well," he says. "I took 45 officers to Division 5 where I dropped them off and then I took others from Division 5 to the Van Nuys Station. MAY 1992 HEAD WA V 10 On the way I could see fires and loot ing. The police would block the inter section and provide my bus with an escort." He says that the officers on the bus were quiet, listening to instruc tions from the sergeant. The whole operation, he says, was very well organized. Was he bothered doing it? "Heavens no," he says. "That's what we' re here for. And for once, we felt like we were big wheels." Operator Francisco Gabaldon on moving the troops: "For once, wefelt like we were big wheels. " • • • Director of Transportation Dan Ibarra • • • • Dan Ibarra had just finished won't leave them.' " • • making repairs on his daughter's car when the Radio Control Center called. He was told that a couple of buses had been hit by rocks and bottles and that TOS Jon Escher had been dragged from his unit and beaten. Ibarra imme diately went to the television, where he watched the events unfold. Assistant Director of Transporta tion Leo Bevon headed for the control center; Ibarra, along with Bevon and Ralph Wilson, held down the fort from 2 a.m. Thursday until 6 p.m. the fol lowing day. "Our main concern was for the safety of the operators," he says. "Be cause of the mobs and shooting in the street, we wanted to pull the lines off the street, but the operators kept ask ing us, 'What about my people? I "Many operators volunteered to accommodate their passengers." Ibarra says that at the peak of the deployment, there were 115 buses on the street moving men and women from the National Guard, U.S. Ma rines, LAPD, CHP, Sheriffs Depart ment and Red Cross. He says his operators also provided transporta tion to jail for the arrestees. "We were providing another level of service out there," a proud Ibarra said. "One hundred fifteen buses moving troops at one time is more than many transit properties have out there moving people." "We didn't 'wuss' out the way Foothill Transit did," adds Ibarra. "They stranded passengers at El Monte station. It was RTD that accommo- dated them much to the joy, glee, and happiness of those patrons. We kept watch on the San Gabriel Valley so the passengers there weren't left out in the cold. "RT A in Riverside, Montebello, Gardena and Torrance Transit were calling our Control Center every day to gage how bad it was out on the streets." Assistant Division 5 Manager Diane Frazier • • • Diane Frazier, acting Division 5 manager, didn't recognize the voice of the TOS who answered the phone that night at Division 5. "He was so polite," she recalled. Learning that it was an operator, and not a TOS, warmed her heart. "It was the most beautiful thing," she said. "Every operator started acting like a supervi sor. They were excellent. The. phone kept ringing with husbands and wives asking the whereabouts of their loved ones. My operators kept answering the phone, calming them down and reassuring them." Frazier herself was braced for trouble late that afternoon. She had gone to church after work, and then returned to her home on Adams. Soon after, she got a call summoning her back to the division. "There's chaos here," the operator on the phone told her. "Just come in. " She was there until eight o'clock the next morning. "There were police everywhere. They moved everything -- tables and chairs and desks -- out of the way. They let nobody in. Division 5 was like a fortress." Diane Frazier "This whole thing was dropped in my lap," she says, explaining that Division 5 Manager, Maceo Bethel, had been out sick. "I'm not complain ing," she continues. "I have always kind of been at the right place at the right time. This was an opportunity to see how the operators and I performed under pressure. "And more than anything else, I just want them to know that I love them all." • ........ ~····· .. ····:·······:···:···:::::::::::: .. .::• •;:,•,•,•···:·:::·•·:·•·:·········•···•·············•······❖:,:•:·:·:·:·:::::··::::·:·:::·::::·:::•· MAY 1992 HEADWAY 11 Superintendent of Maintenance Ken Miller . . . As soon as Ken Miller heard the news, he notified each of the oper ating divisions. As superintendent of maintenance, he knew it was up to him to determine what the RTD's support capability was. He ordered each of his maintenance managers to figure out the total number of vehicles they had available. Early the next morning, with a plan already fornmlated, Miller estab lished a mini-command center at the Central Maintenance Facility (CMF). "The maintenance org~ization performed in superb fashion," he says, with gratitude. "I want to commend, in particular, the mechanics at Divi sion 5 who perfqrmed above and b~- yond the call of duty. There are a lot of folks who voluntarily worked double shifts without asking to be compen- Operator Manuel Rangel • • • OnFridaynight, May 1, Manuel Rangel plopped himself in front of the entrance at Division 5. He had spent the previous night transporting ex hausted firefighters to and from Northridge in the San Fernando Val ley. Intent on taking a breather, he and his buddies were trading stories of the day's adventures when, suddenly, they heard gunshots that sounded close to the division. Four shots rang out, and Rangels and his friends ran to the wall, taking cover. "I got to admit," he says now, "I was pretty scared." MAY 1992 H E A D W A Y 12 His anxiety increased, when on Sunday afternoon, he was driving a bus loaded with LAPD officers. His bus was one of 11 filled with troops moving out. Driving on the underpass of the Harbor Freeway at Florence, the convoy came to a halt. There was a sniper with a gun. "He had killed one person. Here we were part of a liny of buses and we couldn't move. There was nothing to hide under --just grass and weeds. The whole thing lasted 20 to 25 minutes." "You could just feel the tension," he says. sated." Miller says the Stores Depart ment kept his crews supplied with parts when they needed them most. "The whole operation went like clock work." Ironically, says Miller, District buses weren't hit with graffiti during the rioting. "It's amazing how the vanpalism subsided. "This morning," he said, shaking his head, "we began receiving graffiti again." Operator Rick Weinberg . .. As told to Headway: "At a quarter to 12 on the night of April 30, I took a bus of 50 police officers from Division 5 to make relief. On this date, Division 5 was known as Central Po lice Headquarters. We turned down Western, toward Central. We came to Central and there was a sniper attack. We got caught right in the middle of the sniper attack. There was a police car with two officers beside it, one with a shotgun, the other with a .45. The bus automatically turned into a military coach. All of the officers, who knew the sniper was popping at the bus, hit the floor. Half of them had shotguns on one side of the bus; half of them on the other. Prior to this we were all on the floor. I got behind the operator's seat, popped it into reverse, with the brake off and pulled our 'acts' out of this situation, with the bus blacked out totally." • • • Crisis Counseling Available to RTD Employees and • Their Families • • As it So Often Does, RTD 's EAP Program Steps in to Offer Help RTD 's Employee Assistance Program (EAP) responded to the riot ing by providing crisis debriefing to employees at Divisions 10 and 18. Although the company' s telephone lines were down for two days because of the rioting, calls to them were re routed through their Northern Cali fornia office. According to Luanna Urie, human resources analyst, coun selors remained on call to any opera tor who suffered traumatic injuries. The Dispatch Center sent the names of those injured to Risk Management's Linda Matassa and Barbara Lorenzo, who made certain that each \Vas contacted and offered professional counseling. Human Resources' Mary Conforti, who administers the District's drug-testing program, says that drug and alcohol screens taken the week following the rioting yielded no positives. "Good news," says Conforti. "Despite all the anxiety as sociated with the unrest, employees were not abusing drugs or alcohol." Both Conforti and Urie urge any employee and me .. mbers of his or her family who would like help dealing with feelings from the rioting to call the Employee Assistance Program at this toll free line: 1-800-221-0945. You can also contact Luanna Urie at extension 7164. RTD Operates Special Shuttle Service in South Central RTD quickly responded to a community in need by operating a special South Central Los Angeles shuttle bus service. For 10 days, the District provided the 25 cent service along a special route designed to serve five food distribution points in the community. Said Alan Pegg, RTD general manager, "We determined that a spe cial one-way, frequent shuttle bus ser vice would be the best \vay to help residents who need to get emergency food supplies." R TD monthly passes were hon ored on the route. The District, in order to allow residents extra time to purchase their monthly passes, hon ored April ' s monthly passes through May 10 . Almost immediately after the rioting stopped, the District began offering a special shuttle service through the heart of South Central Los Angeles which catered to patrons who had lost their neighborhood grocery stores. MAY1992 HEADWAY 13 Riot Reflections by Mary Reyna, Legal Department Wednesday afternoon, April 29, 1992, I was sitting in the RTD law library compiling exhibits for an up coming trial, more or less left in my own world. One of the attorneys came in and told me that the verdict was in and all 4 policemen were acquitted. I was incredulous. By now I'm sure my feelings were typical of most people hearing the news for the first time: shock, disappointment, cynicism, and finally, fear of the inevitable reaction. When I returned home I tuned into the television to see what was happen ing. It was repulsive viewing but I could not stop. The more television I watched, the worse I felt but I did not stop watching. When the grand scale looting started on Thursday, I think I'd become dazed by the viewing. I shut down emotionally and felt little. When I watched the people looting , it was as if my mind could not compre hend that these were Angelenos doing it. It seemed like a newsreel about the latest revolution in the third world. Thank you, RTD . . . continued from page 6 bus drivers and Transit Police, who put their lives on the line helping our city in a time of crisis. In the media, we saw RTD buses transporting person nel and prisoners, but were never told the RTD had any other function. RTD bus drivers drove those buses and the Transit Police were involved in the command center and also ran mis sions, escorting various agencies to their destinations. I believe it is impor tant for the people of Los Angeles, those who do and do not ride the bus to know that their public transportation department is involved in such activi ties. It is important to inform the pub- MAY 1992 HEADWAY 14 The channel I watched seemed to re play the same scenes over and over. I just can't seem to shake some of the absurd, surreal scenes like the LAPD chasing a looter out of a store who was wearing a DARE (to stay off drugs) t shirt or a woman dragging a table out of a furniture store scratching its sur face all the while, or a man putting a looted sofa in the hatchback of his Pinto and driving off, or whole fami lies on a mad holiday. It was a mad ness that possessed these people; they lost it for that moment. It is scary to now know that it only takes a moment to lose all those years of socialization invested in each person. The fabric of society tears much too easily. I was numb with confusion watch ing the looters. So many Latinas, with their children even! Angry, I thought now when I go into a store, clerks will follow me to see if I steal anything. Angry because I saw no Latino lead ers asking people to stay inside and stop participating in the madness. The only person who seemed to really give voice to my thoughts was the actor continued on page 34 . .. • Division 1 Operators Transport President's Men Division One Operators Sam Mo rales (last year's winner in the District's Bus Roadeo contest) and Anna Ortega got the plum assignment of the week - transporting President Bush's ad vance security men from the Biltmore Hotel to the Mt. Zion Baptist Church in South Central Los Angeles on May 7. The following day, the two opera- lie that Transit Police have the same training as the Los Angeles Police Department and can perform the same duties, if allowed to do so. If the people of Los Angeles were informed of the Transit Police they might con sider public transportation rather than drive themselves. For safe transporta tion, RTD is not considered an alter native at this point, but if you educate the public and the press on a continual basis, this perception would decrease. It is unfortunate that such a depart ment as RTD can not find the funds or desire to publicize its bus drivers or police department and the good they have done in making riding the bus safe for everyone. It seems to be a thankless job .. . Sincerely, Carolyn Pollard, Burbank As they transported Mr. Bush's security team to various points around Los Angeles, Division One operators got close enough to snap this picture of the President as he prepared to speak. tors were on the move with the President's security people again, this time taking them from the Biltmore to the Challenger's Boys Club. Parked in the back of the club, both operators spotted the President (he was five feet away, they say) as he got out of his limousine and made his way into the club to give a speech. They called to him, both reported, and he acknowl- • edged them. • Mr. Bush was in town to tour the city's destruction. Operator Reuben • Baca . .. Reuben Baca was used to oper ating a bus, not capturing suspected criminals. But that's exactly what the Division 18 operator did during the week Los Angeles went crazy. Baca was one of the operators assigned to transport arrestees. "We picked these guys (most of whom were booked on arson and looting charges) up at 9th and Alvarado and then took them to the 108th precinct. But it was too full, so the officers had me take them back to the 77th." Once there, one of the arrestees, according to Baca, climbed out of the emergency exit on the bus. "I grabbed the guy," said Baca, and I told him in Spanish, "to sit down. " Were the suspects quiet on the bus? No, says Baca. "They were all saying they didn't do it." RTD put buses into service where other bus companies shut theirs down. These San Gabriel Valley residents who needed to get to downtown Los Angeles could do so on extra RTD buses like this one that were rolled out quickly to the El Monte Bus Terminal. Letter of Appreciation • A month has gone by since the civil disturbance in Los Angeles. Much has been said in the news media about the performance of many R TD em ployees, but those employees from Division 18 who pulled together to support the mission of the District to provide continuing service on many of our lines, plus supported LAPD, LAFD and National Guard troops, should be proud of themselves for the hard work and dedication. On Wednesday, April 29, second shift attendants serviced and parked over 298 buses, of which 71 of those buses were from Division 3305 . From Thursday, April 30 through Sunday, May 3, second and third shifts ser viced over 120 buses a day. With the help of first shift service attendants, they had to move the yard around to extract buses for PMP, brake relining and running repairs . This task was made all the more difficult because all the buses were returning within a three hour period because of the curfew. On Monday, May 4, the second and third shift serviced and parked over 412 buses in a storage yard de signed for 250 buses. The one indi vidual who stood out was Jamie Anaya, acting service attendant leader. Not only did he work in the trenches in helping to get the buses parked, he also helped the supervisor develop a plan to park and control all of the incoming buses. All during this period, the perfor mance of mechanics and equipment records specialists was outstanding. They worked side-by-side with Divi sion 3305 personnel to repair many of the buses and on Tuesday, May 5 performed a 345 bus rollout. Overall, it was a job well done. Sincerely, Ray Kunkle Manager, Equipment Mainte nance Division 18 MAY 1992 H E A D W A Y 15 We're Number One (Again!) by Tom Rubin, Controller-Treasurer The Federal Transit Adminis tration (FT A) has released compara tive performance data for transit op erators for 1990 and, once again, the Southern California Rapid Transit District is the most cost-effective and most productive of all the major urban transit operators in the nation. Every year, FTA releases com parative data for all U.S. transit op erators. Using this data, District staff has computed the comparative perfor mance indicators for the 20 largest urban bus transit operators. The Dis trict is in its usual position -- Number One. The graphs on the following pages show the results: Subsidy Per Passenger Mile is the cost to the taxpayer to move one passenger one mile. This statistic is the best indicator of cost-effective ness of utilization of transit opera tions dollars. The District tied with the Mass Transit Administration ofMary land (Baltimore) for first place. At $.194, the District's subsidy per pas senger mile was 3 8 % lower than the average of its peers. Passenger Miles Per Active Ve hicle is the amount of transit con sumption for each bus operated. This statistic shows how much productiv ity that a transit operator gets out of an MAY 1992 H E A D W A Y 16 investment in capital assets. The Dis trict, at 640,000 passenger miles per vehicle, was 73 percent above the average of its peers and beat second place Detroit Department of Trans portation by 16 percent. Average Passenger Load is the average number of passengers on a bus whenever the bus is in revenue service. This indicator shows how well the service provided by a transit op erator is utilized bythepublic. At 18.6 percent, the District's average pas senger load was 45 percent higher than the peer average and 21 percent higher than the second place New York City Transit Authority. These three indicators clearly show that the District does the best job in the country of moving large num bers of people to where they want to go at the lowest cost. The District has often been criticized as being a high cost operator, mainly because our cost per revenue hour is regarded as high. However, the name of the game in the transit business is not driving empty buses down the street, it is moving people to where they want to go, and in moving people, the District has no equals. Unfortunately, while our average passenger load numbers show that we are very productive, it also shows that we are running by far the most over crowded of any major transit operator and that Los Angeles is the most underserved transit market in the United States. The District's result -- 45 percent over the average of our peers -- is not the result of buses that are more overcrowded during the peak periods (although the District's buses are certainly crowded at peak). Virtu ally all large urban transit operators run crowded buses at peak. The rea son our average passenger loads are so much higher than our peers is that our buses are crowded during the mid day, during evening and owl service, and on weekends and holidays -- that is when we are building up this mar gin. What makes this result even more amazing is that the District provides far more off-peak service than any of the other operators -- our peak-to base ratio is the lowest in the industry. In other words, District buses are more crowded during off-peak periods than almost all other urban bus operators are during their peaks! We would like to increase the quality of the service that we provide to our passengers and the only way that we can do this is by increasing the quantity of service we provide -- the first thing that we will have to do to give a higher quality ride to an elderly female passenger is to find her a place to sit. We can only do this by offering more service. We also need to improve security -- and the feeling of security - for our riders and our employees, to improve the physical condition and appearance of our fleet, and to im prove our responsiveness to the needs of our riders. Our passengers' first priority is more service and they tell us this when we hear from them. A marketing sur vey along the Blue Line corridor showed that our riders were not pleased with the quality of service. But when our riders were asked what their top priority for improvements was, the top three responses were: More frequent service New bus lines More evening service. More than 70 percent of the re spondents told us that what they wanted most from us was more ser vice. Policy makers and staff are work ing hard to help give our riders what they want -- more service and better service. In the mean time, we need the help of each RTD employee in doing the best he or she can for our riders with the resources we now have. • .. • • • • "' "'O ~ ::J 0 E. $0. $0. $0. $0. $0. SUBSIDY PER PASSENGER MILE TWENTY LARGEST TRANSIT OPERATORS - FY90 0.598 0.399 0;3SO· o:· 37s · o : · ~ "···· . 0.348 0.344 RTD Bl-ST 0.326 0.314 Average of Other 19: $.314 CTA TRANSIT OPERATOR PASSENGER MILES PER ACTIVE VEHICLE TWENTY LARGEST TRANSIT OPERATORS - FY90 ··········································•······· .............................. ... . Avera e of Other 19: 369 000 AC TRANSIT OPERATOR MAY 1992 H E A D W A Y 17 s: � -< __. c.o c.o I\.) ::i::: m )> C ~ )> -< __. CX) 0 <( 0 _J a: w CJ z 1 w Cf) Cf) <( a.. w CJ <( a: w ~ · • AVERAGE PASSENGER LOAD TWENTY LARGEST TRANSIT OPERATORS - FY90 18.6 OTA Bl-ST RID D-DOT PAT MTC MARTA MBTA TRANSIT OPERATOR • • • • Transit Police Officer Richard Aguayo escorts one of many buses through the riot-torn city . • MAY 1992 HEADWAY 19 RTD Responds . . . continued from page 4 vehicles and RTD buses used for po lice and troop transport. Division 5 's mechanics quickly repaired vehicles that arrived back at the command post displaying bullet holes or other riot damage. RTD 's facilities maintenance per sonnel kept the Division's plumbing and power systems running through out the days and nights. One of the most thankless, lonely jobs to have had during this time was that of a policeman. The District's 200-member force stood side-by-side on the front lines with Los Angeles City and L.A. County law enforce ment officers, along with hundreds of military personnel, to help reestablish order. Transit Police officers also stood 12-hour watches at RTD facilities in troubled areas to protect mechanics and drivers who were expected to re port to work despite the unstable con ditions. They also escorted R TD buses whenever they were transporting po lice, fire or military units to assign ments in the city. To ensure the safety of our pas- RTD 's Transit Police provided armed escorts for our buses and guarded District properties, keeping the areas safe for those working to restore order. sengers and operators, and at the re quest of the Los Angeles Police De partment, R TD canceled service on all or part of28 bus lines that serve South Central Los Angeles. Hundreds of rid ers keenly felt the absence of our ser vice. Our telephone information opera tors got those riders' phone calls -- an avalanche of them. Over the four-day period, despite working shorter-than normal hours, an average of26 RTD phone operators each day handled an estimated 35,246 calls, assuring most people that bus and train service was running during the day, and explain ing to those in the "curfew zone" why theirs wasn't. The public was able to keep up with what RTD was doing from day to day by watching television or listening to the radio. And how did the reporters find out what buses were running and what phone numbers to call? Because RTD's News Bureau told them. The five-person staff took turns working six-hour shifts around the clock. They provided dozens of inter views to newspaper, radio, TV and reporters, · frequently going "live" during the wee morning hours, to pre pare listeners for what service would be offered that day. They wrote 10 press releases, telling TV and radio stations which buses were running and where, so our riders, could stay informed. Division Five is deluged by law enforcement officers. When normal service was finally restored Monday, May 4, RTD em ployees were able to pause after a hectic four days to stand back and reflect on what they had accomplished. During one of the most trying periods in recent memory, RTD employees could take justifiable pride in having helped restore stability to Los Angeles Coun . MAY1992 HEADWAY 20 • • • • RTD Unveils "TRANSLINK" Service • Business Telephones Become Powerful Transit Information Tools • • by Greg Davy, Sr, Communica tions Rep. A business telephone can repre sent a direct line to public transporta tion information with the aid of TransLink, a new service RTD has introduced to help L.A. County firms comply with strict clean air regula tions. "TransLinkisgreatnewsforcom panies that must comply with recently passed clean-air regulations," said Marvin Holen, president of R TD' s Board of Directors. "This will help employers help their employees." "I am sure that if employers took an informal survey of their workers, they would be surprised to learn how many wished they could use public transportation, but do not for a variety of reasons," Holen said. "It's mainly because they haven't tried or don't know how to get route and schedule information. This new service is de signed with those workers in mind." "The employee who thinks that it's cheaper to drive his car than use public transportation is in for a shock," said RTD General Manager Alan F. Pegg. "A monthly RTD bus pass can save an employee big bucks in insur ance premiums, fuel costs and mainte nance of his personal auto." The District's Corporate Transit Partnership, under the direction of Teresa Moren, perfected the TransLink system. It gives simple, easy-to-un derstand instructions on how to use local public transportation services over a telephone or fax machine. "The more a firm's employees understand how easy it is to use public transportation, the more they will leave their cars at home," said Moren. For a hookup fee ranging from $50 to $100 and a modest annual service charge ranging from $5 0 to $150, a company can have TransLink installed into its telephone system. Public trans ortation can then be ob- tained three ways: • The "Batch" Process. One of TransLink's features is the ability to economically produce, in a single batch, a personalized transit itinerary for every company employee. Each itinerary includes which bus line to take, where and when to board, and the fare. • Voice Response. If an individual itinerary is wanted, TransLink can give information directly over a touch tone phone via a computerized voice. This is especially useful for new em ployees or for those updating old itin eraries. It is also helpful in planning a trip via public transportation to unfa miliar territory. • Fax Response. The same kind of personalized itineral)· available in the Batch Process can be sent immedi ately via fax machine. The Voice Re sponse and Fax Response services are available from 6 a.m. to midnight ev ery day. 'We already have 5 9 companies using TransLink service as part of a trial," Moren says. "The response has been excellent. We are now ready to offer it to businesses countywide." TransLink is one of many ser vices offered for employees. The Cor porate Transit Partnership routinely schedules rideshare fairs and transit information days at firms throughout Los Angeles County. RTD Board Votes to Expand Police Force to 330 Officers The RTD Board of Directors has voted unanimously to expand the 198-member Transit Police force to 3 3 0 sworn officers over the next three years. The addition of 132 officers will permit the Transit Police to in crease its law enforcement presence on the RTD's approximately 200 bus lines and 20,000-plus stops in Los Angeles County. Plans call for more uniformed officers to ride buses as part of the department's High Visibility Task Force, as well as extra emphasis on anti-graffiti, anti-vandalism efforts and deterring pickpockets and other street criminals who prey on transit riders. Alan Pegg, RTD general man ager, says funding for the enlarged police force, estimated at $3.2 million per year, would likely come from Proposition C, which earmarks some 20 million annuall for transit secu- rity. The first of 44 new officers autho rized for Fiscal Year 1993 could be hired as early as July, if funding is provided, according to Sharon Papa, Transit Police chief. The Board's vote permits the department to employ 44 new officers in FY '94 and the remain ing 44 in FY '95. A total of 17 new civilian support staff positions also would be created in the next three years, and Transit Police would add 45 units to its fleet of police cars. MAY 1992 HEADWAY 21 Police Blotter by Sgt. Shari Barberic On March 6, Transit Police ar r~sted eight suspects, including a part time RTD bus operator, for posses sion of stolen bus transfers. The ar rests were the result of an extensive i~vestigation, spearheaded by Detec tive Myron Smith. Officers from In vestigations and S.C.A.A.T. served the search warrants in the early morn ing hours and arrested the suspects at residences in the 4100 block of South San Pedro Place, the 400 block of North Rampart Boulevard, and the 100 block of Chicago Street in Los Angeles. All eight were booked on felony charges of grand theft, em bezzlement and conspiracy. Officers seized 4 2 books of stolen RTD bus transfers with a value ofup to $2,310, along with ticket punches $15,000 in cash, and various forged o; counterfeit identifications and bus passes. Officers have arrested 134 per sons for sales of stolen transfers since the beginning of 1992 and continue to deploy teams of officers to combat the problem. Sergeants Janice Hart and Michael Hendrix were commended for their outstanding supervision during the arrests. . Officers George Cranson and Ri chard Lewis, assigned to the Division 15 substation, were recognized for their bulldog tenacity in capturing the same suspect twice in one day. On February 20, officers received a radio call regarding theft activity and spot ted the suspect at a bus stop at Glenoaks and Hubbard. The suspect ran into a nearby business, where he removed his distinctive shirt in a futile effort to throw the officers off his trail. He was arrested and transported to the San Fernando Police Department and booked on charges of receiving stolen property. While in the custody of San Fernando police officers, the man ran MAY 1992 H E A D W A Y 22 out of the police station and scaled a wall, out of view. Cranson and Lewis conducted an area search and found the suspect hiding in a barber shop. He was arrested on an additional charge of escaping from police custody, and returp.ed dire9tly to jail without fur ther mterruption. Persistence also paid off for Of ficers Jim Pochick and Pat Njland. They received a radio call from an eastbound Line 33 bus, reporting a deranged man aboard threatening women passengers with a pair of scis sors. The women were terrified and fled, and the suspect exited the bus at Venice and Crenshaw. Fearing the suspect might harm other passengers or operators on another bus, Nj land and Pochick continued their response and conducted a foot search for the suspect at the adjacent shopping plaza. . Officers spotted the suspect in side one of the businesses, hawking stolen property. When officers con fronted him, the suspect struck Offi cer Njland and a struggle ensued. The suspect reached into his pants pocket and grabbed the scissors. The suspect w~s ordered at gunpoint to drop the scissors, and when he hesitated, Offi cer Pochick was able to safely disarm the suspect, who was then arrested. The operator positively identified the suspect and he was booked for assault with a deadly weapon on a peace officer and exhibiting a weapon in a threatening manner. Officers Ron Davis and Jim Pochick arrested three suspects for assault with a deadly weapon after a report from alb__ operator at 6th and Flower. The suspects had been loud and offensive aboard the bus and when a male passenger had asked them to quiet down and show some respect for the women and children aboard, the suspects badly beat the man and at tempted to steal his briefcase. The suspects then left on foot, but the operator could still see them and pointed the suspects out to officers who quickly arrested them. ' Sergeant Gil Rascon reported that the quick actions of Officers William Cody and John Batres saved a bus from an engine fire on March 11. The officers were eastbound on the 1 O freeway and spotted the bus on fire at the Alameda off-ramp. They used their fire extinguisher to put down the blaze and prevent a possible loss. . . We are looking forward to pro v1dmg you with continued updates on Transit Poli?e activities and programs; we ~re seekmg a partnership with you dedicated to ensuring a safe environ ment for our fellow employees as well as for the bus riding public. Transit Police stood guard outside Division 5 during the rioting. • • • t J Marathon Men and Women Transit Police Race in the 120-Mile Baker to Las Vegas Relay Race by Lt. Tim Murphy On April 4 at 1430 hours, Officer Fred Noya took off running at a rapid pace from a starting line just out of Baker, California. His destination was 6.9 miles down the hot and sticky desert road where he passed a baton off to another Transit Police officer, who continued the journey. This pro cess was repeated 20 times until our Department's final runner, Tony Hackett completed the 120-mile trip and crossed the Challenge Cup Relay finish line in front of the Las Vegas Hilton Hotel. This year, more than 140 law enforcement teams entered the annual Baker to Vegas Challenge Cup Relay race. One hundred thirty-four man aged to finish the somewhat grueling race across the Mojave Desert. Our department's 1992 team consisted of 25 runners, six support personnel and a lot of friends and family. Our team competed in the cat egory for agencies with fewer than 300 officers. There were 28 such de partments in this grouping. (We still haven't determined how the Secret Service and Postal Inspectors squeezed Alan Pegg snapped this photo of Tony Hackett as he crossed the finish line. in.) We finished the race in 16 hours and 14 minutes and placed 13th in our division. Overall, among all the teams we placed 64th. By any standard this was a very good showing, especially when one considers that we beat some very good departments that have been running this event for many years. Everyone ran well. However, TPO Estrada had an especially good per formance on a difficult leg, and we couldn't keep count of the runners he Officer Linda Slaughter was the Department's lone female contestant. passed. Perhaps it is because their assignments are very demanding and necessitate that they be quick and in top condition, but MOB and GHOST were the best represented units par- In the wee hours of the morning, General Manager Pegg and Chief Papa talk strategy. ticipating in the race. Chief Sharon Papa, sergeants Hart and Rascon, along with Frank Higuera, Josh V anBaricom and Victor Cerda were instrumental in providing needed sup port for everyone along the entire race route. Chief Sharon Papa and Alan Pegg, RTD general manager, were at the finish line to greet Hackett and offer congratulations to everyone for a job well done. As a team we accomplished a lot. We gained experience, developed a good deal of confidence and strength ened our feeling of camaraderie. We also established our team as one that will have to be contended with in the future. Hopefully, next year we can all be in shape by the first of the year and then spend the next couple of months on speed training. If we do this, we have the potential to be at the very top of the pack. Let's go for it! A smile for the camera. MAY 1992 H E A D W A Y 23 RTD Blue Line Marketing Video Wins Five National Awards "0 . 1 L. " perat1on B ue me, a video produced by the RTD Market ing and Communications Department to promote the opening of the Blue Line, continues to receive recognition, winning a fifth national award since its release in 1990. StarringtheTeenageMutantNinja Turtles, the RTD video competed with more than 1,000 entries in winning Finalist Awards from the New York Festival, the Houston International Film and Video Festival, the Telly Awards, and a Certificate of Creative Excellence from the U.S. Industrial Film and Video Festival. Most recently, "Operation Blue Line" was recognized by the Ameri can Film and Video Festival Awards. More than 100,000 copies of the video were distributed free of charge by the Marketing Department to resi dents along the route of the Blue Line prior to the start ofrevenue service. Of the total, 30,000 were produced in Spanish. The 10-minute production by Show Reel International of Holly wood utilized the Ninja Turtles to motivate interest and ridership in the new rail service between Los Angeles and Long Beach. "The entire marketing staff is hon ored to receive these awards in recog nition of its work in making Operation Blue Line," said Tony Fortune, direc tor of marketing. ''We believe it helped bring the message of riding the Blue Line in an exciting and effective way to residents of the corridor who have been using the system in record num bers since its opening." Harry Golds borough of the Mar keting Department served as project manager for the video, while Mike Barnes handled the distribution of the cassettes. MAY 1992 H E A D W A Y 24 Tony Fortuna, director of marketing and communications and Harry Goldsborough, manager of market research and advertising with some of the numerous national awards given to the RTD marketing video, "Operation Blue Line." RTD Spotlights Blue Line Safety Operation "Trooper on the Train Called a Success" By Rick Jager, Sr. Communica tions Rep. Judges and District Attorney prosecutors from the Compton Court joined RTD and four area law en forcement agencies in March for an undercover operation to cite traffic offenders near Blue Line tracks and stations. Four police agencies issued a to tal of 55 citations over a two hour period during an undercover opera tion designed to focus attention on the importance of safety around R TD' s Blue Line. "This exercise was a complete success in raising the public's aware ness regarding rail safety and the dan gers of disobeying rail safety laws," said RTD General Manager Alan F. Pegg. Police officers issued citations for violations such as ignoring flashing warning signals, pedestrians walking across the tracks against flashing sig nals, illegal left turns across the tracks and standing on the tracks in a vehicle. The L.A. County Sheriff's De partment joined police agencies from Los Angeles, Compton and Long Beach in the event called "Trooper on the Train .. " "RTD, with the help of these law enforcement agencies, will continue to do everything we can to protect our riders and our employees from people who deliberately ignore the safety sys tems on the Blue Line," said Pegg. "We take safety precautions very seriously for Blue Line patrons and the public in general," he added. "With this program, we not only issued citations, but also talked to the people to impress upon them the ex treme importance of respecting the continued on page 23 ... ,I Campaigning for Safety EvanAndersonBraude, left, memberofRTDboardofdirectorsandLongBeachcitycouncilman,presentsadisplaystand of safety brochures to Bill Kaelin, store director of Top Valu Market as part of the ongoing Blue Line safety program. The permanent RTD public education campaign is designed to alert motorists against making left turns into the path of the light rail trains. Explanations in English and Spanish of traffic signals at Blue Line intersections are contained in the brochures, available in stores up and down the light rail corridor. power of the trains," said Lt. Gary Schoeller of the Sheriff Department's Transit Services Bureau. "I think a lot of people now have a healthier attitude about trains," Schoeller said. "We hope they will tell their family and friends about it, too." Patrol cars and motorcycles from each police agency were deployed in their respective jurisdictions along the 22-mile route of the Blue Line, watch ing for train crossing violations and other unsafe practices. In addition, Compton Court Judge Jerry E. Johnson and Head Deputy District Attorney Steven Sowders, who hear and prosecute these traffic cases, attended the event for a first hand look at how motorists ignore crossing gates and flashing signals. In a continuing effort to make the Blue Line as safe as possible, the District earlier this year launched an aggressive new rail public education campaign involving businesses along the Blue Line route. So far, 50 business establishments in Los Angeles and Long Beach have agreed to join RTD in placing Blue Line safety brochures and flyers on display for their patrons. The brochures and flyers, printed in English and Spanish, explain to motorists how to read Blue Line ve hicle warning signs and left-hand turn signals. The "Trooper on the Train" pro gram was created by Operation Life saver, a national rail safety awareness organization based in Virginia. MAY 1992 H E A D W A Y 25 Abdelrashoul, Elsayed I., from Electrician Helper to Electrician. Benninghoven, Dorothy M., from General Clerk I to Secretary. Bishop, William D., from Track Inspector to Rail Track Supervisor. Bonakdar, Mory, from Mechanic "A" Leader to Maintenance Specialist. Byrd, Belinda L., from Transit Police Officer (Tm) to Transit Police Officer. Calbo, Herbert, from Data Processor Operator to Lead Data Processor Operator. Castillo, Ray, from Me chanic "B" to Mechanic "A". Chau, Ha M., from Staff Aide to Schedule Maker I. Chavez, Vicente, from Ser vice Attendant to Mechanic "C". Cheaves, Teddie E., from Mechanic "B"to Mechanic "A". Cheney, Robert A ., from Mechanic "C"to Mechanic "B". Coscarelli, Frank C., from Mechanic "C" to Mechanic "B". Elliott, Mana S., from Transit Police Officer to Transit Police Investigator. Epps, Ronald, from Me chanic "B" to Mechanic "A". Esposito, Antonio, from Mechanic "C" to Mechanic "B". Farrow, Willie J., from Mechanic "C"to Mechanic "A". Felix, Gary E., from Sys tems Electro Communica tions Technician to Engi neering Analyst. Fernandez, Jose A., from Transit Police Officer (Tm) to Transit Police Officer. Figueroa, Hector M., from Transit Police Officer (Tm) to Transit Police Officer. Fletcher, Marcus L., from Mechanic "B" toMechanic "A". Flory, Harold J., from Electronic Inspector to En gineering Analyst. MAY 1992 H E A D W A Y · 26 Girardi, David, from Tran sit Police Officer to Transit Police Investigator. Gurantz, Michael, from Statistical Analyst to Su pervising Planner-Planning Systems. Hays, John F., from Me chanic "C" to Mechanic "B". Hernandez, Jose A., from Mechanic "B"to Mechanic "A". Herrington, Otis, from Transit Police Officer to Transit Police Investigator. Higuera, Frank A., from Transit Police Officer to Transit Police Investigator. Jennings, Mark S., from Transit Police Officer to Transit Police Investigator. Jones, Johnnie, from Tran sit Police Officer to Transit Police Investigator. Kuo, Joe Mu-Lin, from Schedule Maker I to Sched ule Maker II. Ladage, Clifton, from Transit Police Officer to Transit Police Investigator. Leohr, Carlos R., from Mechanic "C"to Mechanic "B". Macias, Cesar T ., from Transit Police Officer to Transit Police Investigator. Makdessi, N assim K., from Mechanic "C" to Me chanic "B". Mayfield, Brent R., from Programmer to Program mer Anal st. Mays, Jon A., from Tran sit Police Officer to Transit Police Investigator. McJunkin, Linda K., from Mechanic "C" to Mechanic "B". Miller, Craig W., from Transit Police Officer (Tm) to Transit Police Officer. Mohamedy, Iqbal, from Mechanic "B"to Mechanic "A". Moreno, Jesus, from Me chanic "C" to Mechanic "B". Morgan, David H., from Transit Police Officer (Tm) to Transit Police Officer. Morris, Joyce E., from Stock Clerk to Buyer As sistant. Nguyen, Dan L., from Schedule Maker I to Sched ule Maker II. Pisciotta, Jack, from Stock Clerk to Storekeeper. Pochick, James N., from Transit Police Officer to Transit Police Investigator. Rakisits, Craig A., from Mechanic "B" to Mechanic "A". Ransom, Justin H., from Mechanic "C'to Mechanic "B". Rayhill, Robert V., from System Electro Comm. Tech. to System Electro Comm. Technician Leader. Romero, Rogelio, from Transit Police Officer to Transit Police Investigator. Adams, Herbert T., be~ gan ,,~th the District on May 09, 1974 and retired as a Bus Operator Full Time on August 15, 1989. Adams, Richard W., be gan with the District on De cember 15, 1975 and re tired as a Bus Operator Full Time on February 18, 1992. Baker,John C., began with the District on June 16, 1972 and retired as a Tran sit Operations Supervisor on February 18, 1992. Butler, Louis L., began with the District on March 13, 1969 and retired as a Utility "A" on March 21, 1992. Carter, Chauncey M., be gan with the District on March 03, 1986 and re tired as a Sr Secretary on April 0 1, 1992. Ros, Mina, from Mechanic "B" to Mechanic "A". Rudd, Daniel R., from Transit Police Officer (Tm) to Transit Police Officer. Ruiz, William A., from Truck Driver/Clerk to Stock Clerk. Singleton, Michael J., from Transit Police Officer (Tm) to Transit Police Of- ficer. Chavers, Elliott M., be gan withtheDistrictonFeb ruary 19, 1966 and retired as a Bus Operator Full Time on February 20, 1992. Colbert, Charles V., be gan with the District on July 25, 1960 and retired as a Transit Operations Super visoronFebruary 29, 1992. Collison, Frank M., be gan with the District on Feb ruary 08, 1982 and retired as a Mechanic "A" on March 02, 1992. Douglas, George A., be gan with the District on March 15, 1969 and retired as a Bus Operator Full Time on March 16, 1992. Guinan, P. J., began with the District on August 07, 1956 and retired as a Tran sit Operations Supervisor on February 29, 1992. Torres, Edward J., from Transit Police Officer to Transit Police Investigator. Walters, Charles V., from Mechanic "C" to Mechanic ''B''. Washington, Arnell H., from Transit Police Officer to Transit Police Investiga- tor. Wedemeyer, Larry C., from Transit Police Officer (Tm) to Transit Police Of- ficer. Jackson, Irene, began with the District on April 16, 1979 and retired as a Bus Operator Full Time on March 26, 1991. Jackson, James L., began with the District on N ovem ber 09, 1980 and retired as a Bus Operator Full Time on November 12, 1991. Ochoa, Gil S., began with theDistrictonFebruary 13, 1975 and retired as a Fa cilities Maintenance Man ageron February 29, 1992. Portier, George M., be gan with the District on April 21, 1960 and.retired as a Mechanic "A" on Feb ruary 22, 1992. Ramos, John L., began with the District on March 02, 1981 and retired as a Mechanic "A" on March 07, 1992. Rodriguez, Armando, be gan with the District on March 12, 1966 and re tired as a Bus Operator Full Time on March 20, 1992. & ~ s 7 14 21 28 M 1 8 15 22 29 Sanders, J. W., began with the District on December 09, 1971 and retired as a Bus Operator Full Time on January 04, 1992. Self, Gregory A., began with the District on July 29, 1972 and retired as a Me chanic "A': on October 31, 1991. Simmons, Harry C., be gan with the District on Feb ruary 25, 1967 and retired as a Bus Operator Full Time on February 29, 1992. Walth, John W., began with the District on Octo ber 19, 1963 and retired as a Bus Operator Full Time on February 28, 1992. Wilson, Russell E., began with the District on Febru ary 16, 1959 and retired as a Sr. Planner on April 01, 1992. T w T F s 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 11 12 13 16 17 18 19 20 23 24 2'; 26 27 30 MAY 1992 H E A D W A Y 27 BLIC OMMENDATIONS DearRTD: My husband and I were caught in yesterday's downpour just as we left the Blue Line and sprinted to catch the 79 bus to Arcadia which was just arriving. The driver was most courte ous and sympathetic with our sudden state and visited with us during the layover time as we watched the rain pouring down and heard the thunder. MAY 1992 H E A D W A Y 28 When we were on our way, he greeted the passengers (most of whom, like us, were unprepared for the deluge) with, "Come in -- get in from out of the rain" and was really interested in his passengers. At one downtown stop, a young person dashed into the bus, grabbed the book of transfers and sped away. Instead of being upset, our driver smiles and said, "He got the dummy book." It seems our driver had pre pared a number of transfers with all of the dates and times punched out and hung it where it could be easily ob tained. He told us he kept the official transfers on his left side! We were impressed with his ingenuity and philo sophical attitude. Many of the signals weren't functioning and traffic · was slow, but he calmly kept the bus going. His name is Handy Weathersbee. He is a "key" employee of RTD. Sincerely, Carmelita Haeske • Dear RTD: Yesterday was my first trip on the Blue Line, and I would like to say it was quite an experience. My car broke down, and I had to be to work by 6 a.m., and I was a little distressed be cause I had never ridden the train, and it was very important that I be there on time. I arrived at the First Street station in Long Beach just as a train did, and I had no idea how to purchase my ticket. The operator, Mr. R. Rodriguez, told me to just go ahead and get on and he would help me at the next station. 1111 June is Cancer in the Sun Month SENSIBLE SUNNING CAN BE A SUMMER GOAL! T he National Safety Council reminds everyone to wear protective clot~ing and su~ screen with an SPF (sun protection factor) of 15 or more when workmg or playmg outside this summer. Reapply sunscreen often, especially after swimming or perspiring. Too much exposure to the sun-even on overcast days, when about 70 to 80 percent of the sun's rays still penetrate the clouds-can cause skin cancer. When we stopped on First Street, all of the other passengers boarded an other train for L.A., so I was there by myself. Mr. Rodriguez came out of the platform and showed me how to " purchase my ticket, and then proceeded to answer all of the questions that I had. He was extremely courteous and also very kind. I also feel that he went very far above and beyond the call of duty, which was very impressive. He didn't have to treat me the way he did, but he cared, and that made me feel good. I could have figured it out for myself, but a lot of the information he provided me was not written on the boards at the station. I understand that it is not prob ably often that a coach operator has the opportunity to speak one-on-one with a passenger, so it is that much more impressive to me that this gentle man treated me the way he did. It is a very refreshing change from the day to-day attitude that we all usually encounter. I would appreciate it greatly if Mr. Rodriguez's supervisor is made aware of this letter, and if it could go in his employee package. I myself am in the service industry and am aware of how much recognition of a job well done is appreciated. Thank you, Mr. Rodriguez. you started a very rough day for me on a very bright note. Sincerely, Dona Weaver Long Beach • Dear RTD: On Thursday, March 5, I had the pleasure of riding on the eastbound Line 120, driven by Operator Leonard Gilmore (Badge #18523). I boarded the bus at Crenshaw and Imperial at approximately 6: 3 0 p.m. and was promptly greeted with a warm hello as were the others who boarded with me. I rode to the Imperial Metro Rail Station, and at each stop along the way, Mr. Gilmore performed in an exemplary manner. He was po lite and helpful to each passenger in need of assistance, showed good pa tience with a passenger who had mis placed his transfer, and was extremely sensitive to the needs of a visually impaired rider who boarded with a seeing eye dog. I frequently ride the bus and have had several negative experiences with drivers directly and indirectly, and often consider other means of trans- portation because of these experiences. Mr. Gilmore's attitude and profes sional manner however made me feel good about riding the bus on this occa sion. Keep up the good work, Mr. Gilmore. You personify what a ser vice-oriented company is supposed to be and for that, you should be com mended. Thank you for the enjoyable ride and may God bless you. Sincerely, Rod Hill Inglewood Dear RTD: • I wish to commend Linda Car penter. In my numerous dealings with her she has been thoroughly profes sional, courteous, and sympathetic with the frustrations which led to my calls. I, too, am a professional whose job it is to deal with the public as a contact representative of the Social Security Administration. I appreciate good service and believe it should be recognized. Sincerely, Janet C. Johnson MAY 1992 H E A D W A V 29 By George ... It wasn't St. Patrick's Day, but we had a lot oflittle people show up at Division 9. Maria Aguirre of Local Government and Community Affairs came by with the kindergarten class from Shirpser Elementary School in El Monte. Room mothers escorted little Claudia Sanchez and 25 of her class- mates to a cake and ice cream party held at the Division 9 maintenance cafeteria. It was Claudia's birthday. Yours truly (George Pepper) pigged out on the goodies. Christin Crow was our cake cutter. After downing the good stuff, we toured the shop area, then boarded my coach for a tour of Letter to the Editor As the dust settles and the Santa Anas begin to blow the smoke away, the sun also rises dawning a new day. Many of our minds are still searching for reasoning and answers, continu ous! y replaying events like a computer searching for the final digit in an end less algorithm. Was this an assault on "the system" or a raping of human ity? The healing process has begun and the course we take is one which will be given direction by our attitude. Let us hope it will be one of positivity. People, regardless of age, race or profession, are not automatically posi tive. We all continually search for ways to gain, maintain and improve a positive attitude. MAY 1992 H E A D W A Y 30 What is an attitude? Why are some people more negative than others? What can one do to become positive? More importantly, how can one stay positive? Although my views are not based on scientific research, I'd like to share my answers to these questions with you. For openers, attitude is a highly personal and sensitive topic. No one can force a change in your attitude. You alone have that responsibility, and you must do it in your own way. An excellent starting place in your quest to stay positive is to examine your present attitude. I suggest being continued on page 32 ... the Busway. Harry Finley, Mechanic extraordinaire, was our tour guide. He lectured on the problems of graffiti and RTD cleanup costs. He told the children they could help by telling their friends about the wanton de struction and how it impresses no one. As I drove west on the Busway, I explained how much faster it was to ride the bus, and that about 31,000 people took advantage of that every day. IexplainedthatRTD buses drove about 300,000 miles per day and that 1.3 million people ride them daily. We then rounded the Union Sta tion and talked about the linkup with the trains and how the subway would move more people. Returning through the Gibson Tunnel, Harry encouraged the children to give us their best school spirit scream. They, of course, did. The children were the envy of their schoolmates as I drove them back to the front of the school and bid them a good day and reminded them that auto pollution is not good for healthy things or kids and, to please tell their parents to take the bus whenever pos sible. There is more to the Headway than Headquarters offices. So remem ber, if you have a story, drop me a line at Division 3209. George Pepper Division 9 operator A Financial Flunky Talks About District Investments by Greg Davy, RTD Press Relations Before I came to the District, I was a journalist by trade. That's a polite way of saying that I never had to worry much about how to invest all my money, because I didn't have any. I have to admit that there is a certain feeling of freedom associated with not having to check the stock market report every day. Words like "portfolio" and "diversification" and "securities" came and went through my mind blissfully unrecognized. But when I switched careers and began earning a fair wage for a change, I started thinking about rainy days (the ones your mother used to talk about, as in "put something away for a rainy day") and The Future, which gets shorter as we get older. The time had come, I told myself, to invest -- make my money work for me, as the bankers are fond of saying. But, having no experience at this kind of thing, I went to see the wizards in the District's deferred compensation and investments office. For those of you who panic at the sight of spread sheets and prospec tuses, I'd like to share with you, in layman's terms, what they taught me. My first suggestion: Take Mel Marquardt and/or Monica Ingram to lunch. Show them a good time. You want them as your friends. Their shrewd investments for the District over the years pay for their yearly salaries many times over. Starting them out with a nice meal oflobster Newburg couldn't hurt. I'm just kidding about the lunch. The best part is that Mel and Monica are there specifically to help lead you through the maze of investment possi bilities. And they're available when ever you need them. And they're free. There are lots of highfalutin brokers out there who would be only too glad to charge you fifty bucks an hour for their sage advice when Mel and Monica will do it just as well, ifnot better, for zilch. Here's what they told me. There are two basic ways to save money at the R TD: a deferred compensation plan, or a 40 lK plan. What does "deferred compensa tion" mean? I asked Mel. He smiled one of those "I see this is going to be a long meeting" smiles before cheer fully explaining. RTD Issues FY '91 Annual Report The Fiscal Year 1991 annual report for RID has been issued and is available to the public. The 24-page report contains year-end messages from RTD' s board president and general man age.r, operatonal highlights and sta tistics from the District's bus and train service, financial nighlights, and a complete financial disclosure statement. To obtain a copy of the RTD's 1991 Annual Report, call (213) 972- 4655, or write RTD's Department of Local Government and Commu nity Affairs, 425 S. Main Street, Los Angeles 90013. "As you are painfully aware, you are taxed for every dollar you earn," Mel said. "In this plan, we 'defer,' or set aside, some of your paycheck, so that you pay taxes only on what you keep. You tell us how much you want us to keep every two weeks, and we invest it for you." And a "401K" plan? "It's essen tiallythe same kind of setup, but avail able to our non-contract employees only," Mel said. "Both options have a variety of excellent ways to get a good return on your money." So let's say I decide to "defer" $100 from every paycheck. What hap pens to the hundred bucks? "You have to help us decide where you want it to go," Mel explained. "Each of the two programs has four ways to invest money." Mel sensed my uneasiness and sought to reassure me. "It's really very easy," he said. "A lot of knowl edgeable people around here have done their homework. All you have to do is decide how much of a risk you want to take in your investments." "Risk" is a word that makes me very nervous. But the more Mel talked, the better I felt. "Risk" is a relative term when it comes a District invest ments. It really boils down to two ques tions: Do you want to put your money in a situation where an eight or nine percent interest rate is virtually guar anteed? Or are you willing to gamble a little with a more aggressive invest ment firm, with the high possibility of a much bigger payoff? Take as an example the Wellington Fund option available in the Deferred Compensation Plan. In the past five years, the interest payoff has averaged more than 12 percent a year. And the list of firms it holds stock in reads like a Who's Who from an American Cor porate Success list: Northrop, Bristol Myers, IBM, Honeywell Inc., Exxon, Sara Lee and the Woolworth Corpo ration, to name just a handful. "We don't deal with investors unless they have a solid record of growth and success," Mel said. "We can never guarantee anyone a return, but we've set things up so that you can't really make a bad choice. The key is diversity." There's that word again -- diver sification. Simply put, it means not putting all your eggs in one basket. Mel and Monica make sure that RTD deals only with investors who have Continued on page 32 . .. MAY 1992 H E A D W A Y 31 wisely diversified their stock holdings among many different companies. Therefore, if one of the companies in which the investment firm holds stock goes bankrupt, you '11 lose only a frac tion of what was invested, while the other companies in the package con tinue to do well. You still end up a winner in the long run. "The bottom line is that we've got a darn good savings plan that will fit your needs," Mel said. "I know that sounds like a commercial, but I really do believe that RTD employees are fortunate to have these kinds of invest ments backing them up." I left Mel's office feeling richer, not only in my bank account but in the knowledge that the District really is looking after my interests. You can't buy that kind of peace of mind. Mel (extension 6850) and Monica (extension 6856) will give it to you at no charge. Letter to the Editor . . . continued from page 28 honest, but not too serious because too much introspection could cause you to lose your perspective and/or your sense of humor. This could be counterpro ductive. To help guard against becom ing too serious, keep your journey light, and remind yourself to hold onto your sense of humor. Without humor, your pursuit of a more positive atti tude could be permanently detoured. On the surface, attitude is the way you communicate your mood to oth ers. Think of attitude as your mental focus on the outside world. Like using a camera, you can focus or set your mind on what appeals to you . You can either see situations as opportunities or burdens. It is within your power to concentrate on selected aspects of your MAY 1 992 H E A D W A Y 32 CREDIT & FINANCIAL RECONSTRUCTION TIRED OF BEING TURNED DOWN FOR CREDIT? LOANS, MORTGAGES, CREDIT CARDS? THERE IS A SOLUTION!!! LEARN THE SAME TECHNIQUES USED BY ATTORNEY'S AND CREDIT CONSULTANTS. YOU CAN IMPROVE YOUR CREDIT AND PRACTICA½LY ERASE BAD CREDIT !!! AND WHATCH THE BANKS SAY YES TO ALL CREDIT REQUEST. 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Everyone -- em ployees, students, homemakers, retir ees, must occasionally engage in some form of attitude renewal or adjust ment. There is no escape. Three main tenance rules that have proven invalu able to me are as follows: 1. Slow down until you gain a positive attitude. When hitwithaheavy problem, back away to gain the best focus. 2. Identify the best possible solu tion. Get the facts, isolate the alterna tives, carefully weigh the solutions. 3. Live with the solution grace fully. Not all solutions are ideal, but, give your best effort to your choice. In that we attract what we mirror, displaying a positivity can only cause a perpetual air of positive change and inspiration to others. Be aware, it may not happen overnight, however, if you count every year as a month, every month as a week, every week as a day, every day as an hour, and every hour as a second, any second now things will change. Dee Hawkins, Customer Relations EAGLE MORTGAGE BANKERS * 420 W. 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MAY 1992 H E A D W A V 33 Riot Reflections . . . continued from page 14 Edward James Olmos who appeared on every LA channel Thursday night begging people to stay home. Even with his lone voice I sank into depres sion and hopelessness. I felt so help less, so frustrated watching my world going up in smoke on television and there wasn't a damn thing I or any body else could do. I called a friend in Culver City to see how she was doing and we talked about the riots. She told me that Olmos was heading up work crews from the First AME church on Satur day morning. I told her I was going to go. At 6 a.m. the next morning at the corner of Adams Blvd. and Western in South Central, I met up with about 50 other people carrying brooms, hefty bags, rakes, shovels, and dustpans. We were told to go first to the corner of Western and Slauson. The acid stench of the burned buildings hung heavy in the air. At Western I picked up my sweep broom and started sweep ing up debris left from the sacking by looters. I remember quietly helping this lady, a teacher, bag up trash. Never have I seen so many people so eager to work. Within 20 minutes we were di rected by workers with the Commu nity Youth Gang Services to walk down Gage to Vermont and work on that corner. As we were walking down Gage I looked behind me and was touched to see how our ranks had swelled. It seemed like hundreds of people were behind me. Ten of us found a trashed Chevron gas station and without a word of direction set about putting it in order. When people are together in their task good work goes fast. I walked down Vermont to the south and found an Asian shop keeper sweeping up debris carried from his auto parts store. I joined in and started helping him sweep up broken glass, screws, and other now unidenti fiable objects. I asked him what had MAY 1992 H E A D W A Y 34 happened to his store. He was one of the lucky ones, his store had only been ransacked, not burned down. I offered to help him clean up and reshelve the interior. Politely, he declinedmyoffer and seemed almost embarrassed. We walked further down Vermont and some volunteers from Commu nity Youth Gang Services offered us a lift to the corner of Florence and Figueroa. That intersection was un der a foot of water, cars heavily show ering pedestrians as they passed through. The traffic lights weren't working and traffic was getting backed up. Will, one of the people in my crew, took off to the center of the intersec tion to direct traffic. He did it quite well too. I envied him, it's always been one of my fantasies. The rest of us pulled glass shards out of the store front frames of a looted and torched gas station. The gas station was across the street from a school, possibly a junior high school. The teachers I was with were concerned that the children would be attracted by the glass and injure themselves. Again, the concen trated effort took only about 15 min utes. For the first time in three days I felt good, I felt hopeful. When I was sweeping up the lot of the gas station, I remembered something George Meany, president of the AFL-CIO, once said when I worked with the labor federation. "Hard work is the best therapy." What struck me about the crew I was with was that along with the physical labor so generously given were their good intentions. I worked shoulder to shoulder with men and women who were white, Latino, Asian, Jewish, Trojans, Bruins, and of every other artificial description we've devised over the years. I felt like my heart would burst with pride being with this gallant group of people. Simultaneously, I felt like my heart would break witnessing first hand all the devastation. I was lucky, I got to leave South Central when I wanted to. MAY IS. • • ~~[!]OJ[Q]~~[h] [X]·D·@·[X] BIDOD PRESSURE MONTH O ne in four adults has elevated bl.ood pressure. High blood pressure produces few noticeable symptoms, yet it increases the risk for heart attack, stroke, and kidney disease. Have your blood pressure measured now and regularly. The easiest ways to keep blood pressure in control, short of medi cation~ Cut salt and fat intake, stop smoking, drink in moderation, watch that weight, exercise regu larly, and learn to relax. It feels great! ~~---- MENDATIONS Richard Alvarado, a 17-year veteran bus operator, has been selected as Operator of the Month for February. The Moreno Valley resident was so chosen because he has compiled an outstanding record for safety, service and attendance. He was named "Outstanding Operator" at RID Division 16 from 1988 through 1991. "Richard Alvarado's record ofno at-fault accidents goes back 15 years," said Karl Mueller, assistant division manager. "He has accumulated the maximum number of merits and has received frequent commendations from various division managers and from his passengers." Working out of RID Division 10 in Los Angeles, Alvarado drives Line 20 along Wilshire Boulevard through the heart of downtown and into the West Side. Alvarado and his wife, Issa, have a daughter, lkssa, 14, and son, Ricky,)0. A native of Arizona, Alvarado served with the U.S. Anny in Germany as a heavy equipment operator. MAY 1992 H E A D W A V 35 MAY 1992 H E A D W A Y 36 Transit Police Operator of the Quarter goes to Joseph Rauch/ uss, who has consistently displayed leadership qualities in his daily field functions and as the Acting Watch Commander. Transit Police Officer Rauchfuss has consistently demonstrated a sincere desire to provide the patrons and operators of the District with the best possible public service. Officer Rauchfuss can always be counted on to handle any field situation with little or, in most cases, no supervision. Once o the scene, he quickly takes charge and assesses the situation to determine what action, if any, needs to be taken. He exercises a "Dedication to Excellence" in attitude, compassion and support to the task of transit policing. Kudos to Train Operator Robert Lipens, who engineered Train Operator of the Quarter honors for the.first quarter of 1992. Li pens bega his career with the District in April of 1957. He was assigned to Division 10 where he remained until 1968 when he transferred to Division 18. Later, he transferred to Division 9. In April of 1990, Li pens was chosen to become a member of the second Train Operator training class. He has been married for 33 years, and lives with his wife and three children in La Puente. His hobbies include restoring old cars, water skiing and riding motorcycles. He has not had an avoidable accident in over eleven years. Congratulations to Luis Medrano, who has been selected Security Officer of the Quarter. His selection was based on his demonstrated dedication to the District. His supervisors stated he is self-confident, enthusiastic and is always willing to make a decision. He understands his role to the District and continually supports his supervisors. Presenting Sandra Woods, the Information Operator of the Month for April 199 2. With the District three years, Woods performs supervisor work and maintains an impeccable attendance record. She says that being a people-person makes her job so easy. "I enjoy making the public feel comfortable riding the bus. And that is exactly what she does, says her supervisors, and with style! Woods spends her spare time gardening and being in the clean mountainairwhere she lives. She recently became a new grandmother, with the birth of a new baby girl. MAY 1992 H E A D W A Y 37 Risk Management's Employee of the Third Quarter is shared by Jon Vandercook and George Echert. Both worked 40 hour weekends, according to boss Barbara Anderson, in the preparation of the budget for the next fiscal year. Vandercook, with the District for three years, is a safety specialist. He is the department's efficiency coordinator, which means he makes sure .that the department utilizes its physical space in the most productive way possible. For example, he makes certain that bookshelves are added if an area becomes stacked with books, and insures that cubicles have inserts if they 're needed. He also produced a new workers comp cost trend analysis for the third quarter of the year. A Gardena resident, Vandercook holds the District's current record for donating blood to the Red Cross -- a whopping 48 pints. Congratulations to a good samaritan and an all-around nice guy. His colleague, George Echert, an administrative analyst, was the key player in the department's budget process, acting as a liaison between the different sections and 0MB. He also put in a tremendous amount of time perfecting the pay for performance appraisals that will be given to employees in the coming weeks. MAY 1992 H E A D W A Y 38 Forrest Miller captured Employee of the Quarter honors in the Human Resources Department for his fabulous performance in the preparation of the budget and in design and development of the medical information system. A Huntington Beach resident, Miller is a lieutenant commander in the US. Naval Reserves, and heads up his own unit at the Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station. He is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis. Miller is an acting senior human resources analyst, and as such, supervisors the Special Projects section of that department. It means the computer whiz oversees the drug testing program, the Headway, the Dependent Care program, the Special Assistant and Indefinite Leave Programs -- quite a smorgasbord of complex projects. Says his boss Al Rice, "Forrest smothers hot fires constantly. " MAY 1992 H E A D W A Y 39 ONLY THE LONELY: t t \ hr < -;,v L•,c I Summer Self-Care for Children ) , ~ l~ W ho cares for America's school-age children during the summer? Their mothers? No, about 70 per cent are employed outside their homes, according to Michelle Seligson, Director of the School-Age Child Care Project at Wellesley College. Neighbors or family members? Sony, they're at work, too. Schools? Summer care is rare. Camps, rec programs, YM and YWCAs? Programs usually do not cover long days over the entire summer. Slightly older brothers and sisters? Or the child alone? Yes! Estimates of how many young children care for them selves, or for each other, are 25 million, according to the U.S. Census Bureau; it's actually 7 million or more, claims the Children's Defense Fund. In today's "Home Alone" scenario, latch-key children warm up frozen dinners in the microwave, dial the phone, and veg out on lV Emergency MAY 1992 H E A D W A Y 40 rooms and self-care hotlines are flooded with calls from injured or frightened children. Seligson notes that toy manu facturers, junk food companies, and even ponable remote-control panic button makers rely on this vulnerable market. When children are left to their own devices, they tend to do less well in school, have fewer friends, and may never learn how to succeed, observes Seligson. Her bottom line is: "Until they're 11 or 12, most kids simply don't possess the intellectual capacity to employ standard principles of logic." Families who care for their young chil dren would be well advised to find a responsible caregiver. The peace of mind is well worth the price. Self-Care Basics Families who believe their older children are mature enough to care for them selves, and who live in relatively safe neighborhoods, are encouraged to follow these guidelines to help children manage self-care: Agree on ground rules. Compile a list of acceptable behaviors, indoors and out. Keep expectations high but reasonable. Establish who's in t harge with younger children. Help children stay busy. Ask children to loosely plan their weekly schedule of interesting activities and household tasks. Visit the library often to choose new books and recordings. Choose a few TV shows or videos in advance. Help chil dren organize engaging projects such as writing and producing their own puppet shows, staging neighborhood circuses, arranging an exhibits, planning skating rodeos. Continue music lessons, sports events, and other opportunities to play with friends and exercise the body and brain. Stock nutritious food. Plan kid pleasing, healthy menus together, ask children to fix their own food and clean up their mess. Work out a neighborhood snack policy. Provide small change for a once-a-week ice cream truck stop. Emphasize safety. Demonstrate first aid techniques. Teach proper appliance usage. Rehearse safety procedures. Post emergency numbers. Practice handling what to do when there's a knock at the door, a stranger on the phone, an offer of a ride. Enlist a responsible adult. Find a nearby friend or relative who can be "on call" to answer routine telephone ques tions. Instruct children to call working parents only when necessary. Getaway. Take weekend trips to escape the daily grind. Sign children up for a week or two of day camp, religious school, sports camp, or summer school to break the monotony. Compliment maturity. Talk with children about their day. Listen well. Demonstrate pride in their growing sense of responsibility. Children take a giant leap toward inde pendence when they take care of them selves. Families support children's auto nomy by trusting them to make wise decisions when they're home alone. Crime at Work: Ways to Prevent Petty Theft A thirsty employee slips exact change from her wallet and dashes for the soda machine. Later, when she reaches for her car keys, she dis covers her wallet is missing. No one noticed anything suspicious. ''Cee, there's another delivery," a worker sub consciously observes as a uniformed person strides past. That after noon, a colleague asks around to find who borrowed his hand-held calculator. Assistance for victims F itting right in on the job. That's one of the latest-and most successful-ploys of criminals. Thieves may act and dress like trusted employees, clients, or service personnel. They strike quickly during work ing hours and disappear. In busy work environments, their unassuming presence can go unnoticed even by security guards. The bounty taken by these professional thieves usually ranges from a few dollars to a few pieces of office equipment. Their toll on staff morale, however, can be high. Victims report feeling personally violated, even though they never glimpsed the perpetrator's face. Occasional violent crimes-committed in typically safe havens such as offices, schools, and restaurants-grab the headlines and may temporarily alert people to danger. Criminals, who erupt suddenly as a result of men tal instability or drug usage, are fortunately rare. Americans generally trust people, so even after hearing about the most horrendous crimes, it's easy to fall back into complacency about routine commutes and daily working-hours security. Taking these sensi ble precautions can contribute to a safer, more secure working environment. • Enlarge the circle of acquaintances. A stranger's face is more likely to stand out when managers, colleagues, vendors, service workers, and sales reps know each other. Ask visitors questions such as, "Who can I help you find?" Report suspicious people to security. • Protect valuables. Avoid calling attention to one's self on the way to work by wearing flashy jewelry or peeling subway fare from a roll of bills. Wear a wallet, rather than keeping it in a suit jacket draped over a chair or in a briefcase or handbag. Record serial numbers. Store cameras, lap top computers, sports gear, and other high-tech equipment out of sight and locked up when not in use. • Keep good company. Trust your instincts. Get off the elevator if a passenger creates discomfort. Advise a supervisor or the human resources division about an unstable colleague. Especially during off-hours, avoid stair wells, empty parking lots, dimly lit areas, and unlocked restrooms. Petty thieves can often be stopped in their tracks when employees stay aware and alert to criminals' tricks! 1. Report any crime or action against you to police and building security. 2. If assaulted, seek medical attention. If injured, apply for workers' compensation. 3. Seek information from the National Victim Center (817-877-3355) or the National Organization for Victim Assistance (202-232-6682) or its 24-hour hotline (800-879-6682). MAY 1992 HEAD WA V 41 A National Guardsman rests on the bumper of an RTD bus after a weary night. MAY 1 992 H E A D W A Y 42 Inside Division 5, RTD Transit Police Chief Sharon Papa, Board President Marvin Holen, and General Manager Alan Pegg are given an up-to-the-minute status report. RTD Transit Police, National Guardsmen and LAPD Officers work together to restore peace. MAY 1 992 H E A D W A Y 43 As chaos reigns on the outside, RTD General Manager Alan Pegg and Board President Marvin Holen discuss the orderly transfor mation of Division 5 as the key law enforcement Command Post. In Los Angeles, Presiden~. Bush thanks authorities, including RTD Transit Police, for restoring calm. MAY 1992 H E A D W A Y 44 Southern California Rapid Transit District 425 So. Main St., 2nd Floor Los Angeles, CA 90013 Bulk Rate U.S. Postage Paid Los Angeles, Ca. Permit No. 32705 • TRANSIT POLICE DEPARTMENT OLYMPIC SECURITY • POLICY AND PROCEDURE MANUAL • '- • • ~ · • • SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT OLYMPIC SECURITY POLICY AND PROCEDUflE MANUAL RTD 1984 OLYMPIC GAMES :::.::·::::::::::::::::::::::::::/::::::::: :::::::::::::::: ::: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::_._.:·:·· TRANSIT POLICE DEPARTMENT JAMES P. BURGESS, CHIEF lb • INDEX PAGE I. DIVISION SECURITY PROCEDURES •••••••••••.•••••• 1-3 II. REVENUE PROTECTION SECURITY PROCEDURES ••...••. 4-5 III. APPEARANCE, UNIFORMS AND EQUIPMENT •••••••••••• 6 IV. PAYROLL PROCEDURES ••••••••••••••.•••••.•••.••. 7 V. DIVISION ADDRESSES ••••••••...••••••••••...••.• 8-10 VI • DIV I S I ON MAPS • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 11- 2 3 VII. VENUE MAPS ...•...•••••.•..•..••.•••.•••••••.•• 24-29 • ;;, • • • • -:, • I• DIVISION SECURITY PROCEDURES The primary responsibility of the officer is to insure the safety and protection of the employees of S.C.R.T.D. and the property and equipment owned and operated by the District. REPORTING FOR DUTY Officers will report for duty, fully equipped and properly dressed, to the Division Dispatcher's officer ten (10) minutes prior to the start of their duty assignment. Officers will call the Transit Police Dispatcher, 972-6373, to report for duty. Within fifteen (15) minutes after reporting for duty, ·officers will contact the Maintenance Supervisor and identify themselves and check out a hand-held radio. Hand-held radio communications are with the Maintenance Supervisor only and should be used on in an "emergency" situation where you are unable to get to the telephone. Hand-held radios will be checked back in to the Maintenance Supervisor fifteen (15) minutes prior to end of duty. Officers will be responsible for damage or loss of radio while on duty, Generally, hours of duty are as follows: 0000 - 0800 hrs - AM Watch 0800 - 1600 hrs - Day Watch 1600 - 2400 hrs - PM Watch NOTE: If you are unable to work your duty assignment, immediately notify the Transit Police Dispatcher at 972-6280. If you have any questions or scheduling problems prior to the Olympic schedule going into effect July 28, 1984, contact Officer Susan Bailey at (213) 972-3258. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Officers will conduct frequent foot patrols of the Division facilities; buildings, parking areas and perimeter for possible criminal activity occurring on s.c.R.T.D. property. Officers observing criminal or suspicious activity will immediately contact the Watch Commander at 972-3600 to report the incident. Transit Police will be dispatched to handle the situation. 1 • • • j • • In an emergency situation where an officer is unable to use the telephone, the officer shall use the hand-held radio to report the emergency to the Maintenance Supervisor, who will then notify the Watch Commander and local authorities. In this situation, the officer will state in plain english (no codes) the nature of the problem and the location. Officers shall take no independent action that could result in the injury or death of the officer or any District employee. Person(s) observed to be trespassing on District property shall be warned to leave the area. If the person(s) fails to comply, contact the Watch Commander who will dispatch a Transit Police unit to remove/arrest the person(s). NOTE: The following areas utilize "911" for Police, Fire and Medical emergencies: Division 7 (West Hollywood Division 8 (Chatsworth) Division 9 (El Monte) Division 12 (Long Beach) Division 15 (Sun Valley) Officers will use 911 AFTER reporting emergency to Watch Commander at 972-3600. DIVISION FACILITIES Telephones For business use telephones are located at the Transportation Dispatcher• ·s office, Instruction office and Maintenance Supervisor's office. These phones are to be used only for signing on/off for duty and reporting incidents to Watch Commander. Other Division phones receive in-coming calls only. Pay phones are available for personal use. First Aid First Aid supplies are located at the Transportation Dispatcher's office and the Maintenance Supervisor's office. 2 • • • 1 • • Fire Extinguishers At least two (2) fire extinguishers are located in each Transportation building. Other fire extinguishers are located in the bus bays of the Maintenance building and at the fuel stations. Snack and Beverage Machines Snack and Beverage machines are available in both the Transportation and maintenance buildings. There are no food facilities, however, micro-wave ovens are available. Restrooms Restrooms are located in office areas and locker rooms of both the Transportation and Maintenance buildings. Personal articles must be kept in your personal vehicle as there are no lockers available • 3 • . - • • J } ~ • .• ,s.a • . • · • •• · · II. REVENUE PROTECTION SECURITY PROCEDURES The primary responsibility of the officers working the revenue protection assignments (i.e. Park & Ride sites, shuttle sites, venue sites) will be the protection of RTD employees and revenue. Officers will be assigned to a site where RTD employees will be selling Olympic bus tokens for boarding Olympic service buses. These RTD employees will be known as the Fare Exchange Personel (FEP). A Venue Captain will be assigned to each FEP team. During your assignment, the FEP team and the officer will report to the venue captain. The venue captain is an RTD employee with extensive knowledge of the fare exchange procedures and the Olympic Service operation. The venue captain is in charge of the total operation at your site. Due to the high volume of fare exchange, large amounts of currency and Olympic tokens will be at each site. It is imperative that the officer be cautious to not become involved in situations that would prevent him/her from accomplishing the primary responsibility, that of the protection of the RTD employees and the RTD revenue. The officer will watch the currency levels of each member of the FEP team and secure excess currency in the trunk of the FEP vehicle which will be parked at the site, adjacent to the fare exchange operation. The officer will be equipped with either a hand-held portable radio or a radio equipped vehicle so that he can radio the Transit Police Dispatcher for any incident that may require Police action. A Transit Police unit will respond to handle the situation and enable the revenue protection officer to continue his/her primary duty. REPORT FOR DUTY PROCEDURE Each officer will report to duty at a designated location where they will meet the Venue Captain and the FEP team. Each officer will sign in and out with Dispatcher at 972-6373. The officer will also sign the sign in sheet along with the Venue Captain and the FEP team. The Venue Captain will obtain a vehicle at that location. The Venue Captain and the officer will then pick up an Olympic Working Fund. This will consist of a supply of tokens and currency to make change. The officer will escort the Venue Captain and the revenue to the vehicle where it will be placed in the trunk for transporting to the working site. The officer will not drive the vehicle. The officer will ride in the front, passenger-side of the vehicle where he can easily observe any unusual activity outside the vehicle • 4 • • ) - · • Once at the fare exchange site, the vehicle will be parked adjacent to the working site so he/she can offer security both to the revenue in the vehicle as well as the RTD employees and the revenue they will be carrying. ASSIGNMENT LOCATIONS FARE EXCHANGE LOC. Coliseum (Vermont) 39 th & Vermont Los Angeles Coliseum (Figueroa) 39 th & Figueroa Los Angeles Crenshaw Center Marlton Ave-King Blvd., Los Angeles UCLA Gayley Ave Strathrnore, Westwood Westwood Park & Recreation Lot - Federal Parking Lot off Wilshire & Sepulveda, Westwood Hollywood Park/ Airport Shuttle 98 St. & Airport Blvd Los Angeles REPORT LOCATION Division 2 Cash Counting Office 7 0 6 E • 15 th , LA N/W Corner Div 2 lot. Division 2 Cash counting Office 706 E. 15th, LA N/W Corner Div 2 lot. Division 5 5425 So Van Ness Los Angeles Transp. Bldg Div ision 7 8800 Santa Monica Hollywood Transp. Bldg. Division 7 8800 Santa Monica Hollywood Transp. Bldg. Division 5 5425 s. Van Ness Los Angeles Transp. Bldg. SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS Money will be picked up by vehicle being driven into armored car pick-up area. Money will be picked up by vehicle being driven into armored car pick-up area. Money will be picked up from Div Dispatcher inside Transp. Bldg. (counter area) Money will be picked up from Div Dispatcher inside Transp. Bldg. (counter area) Money will be picked up from Div Dispatcher inside Transp. Bldg. (counter area) Money will be picked up rorn Div Dispatcher inside Transp. Bldg. (counter area) Any questions can be referred to Officer Sue Bailey at 972-3258 or Transit Police Dispatcher at 972-6280. 5 • • NOTE: l • APPEARANCE, UNIFORMS AND EQUIPMENT Hair Hair shall be neat, clean, properly trimmed and well groomed. Beards are not permitted. Uniforms Officers possessing Transit Police Uniforms shall wear them Mhile on duty. Other Officers shall wear slacks and conventional shirts. RTD will provide the non-uniformed officers with "Police" designated jackets that will be worn while on duty. Levis, T-shirts (as an outer shirt) and thongs or sandals are not permitted. Equipment Officers will have in their possession: Sam Browne (uniformed) Non-Uniformed - hand guns* will be worn with either belt holter, inside holter or shoulder holster (see note) Flashlight Baton Handcuffs Wristwatch Notebook, pencil and black ink pen Handgun and ammo authorized by your primary employing agency. 6 • • l ~ • . ' .. . . . ... ~ . . . - ., IV. PAYROLL PROCEDURES Temporary as-needed employees will be paid for all Olympic work on one check. You will receive your check via mail at your home address during the week of August 20th through 25th. Payroll records will be computed from the daily sign-on and sign-off sheets. You must report to the Transit Police Dispatcher at 972-6373 at the beginning and end of your shift in order to get paid for ·that shift • 7 v. • •· 1 • • DIVISION ADDRESSES DIVISION .1 1130 E. 6th St. Los Angeles, CA Thomas Guide - Page 44 - E-4 Parking: North fence line west side of Transportation building. DIVISION 2 720 E. 15th St. Los Angeles, CA Thomas Guide - Page 44 - C-5 Parking: South side of Transportation building. DIVISION 3 630 w. Ave. 28 Los Angeles, CA Thomas Guide - Page 35 - F-4 Parking: South side of Transportation building. DIVISION 5 5425 S. Van Ness Los Angeles, CA Thomas Guide - Page 51 - D-4 DIVISION 6 100 Sunset Ave Los Angeles, CA Thomas Guide - Page 49 - B-4 Parking: North fence line of division DIVISION 7 8800 Santa Monica Blvd. West Hollywood, CA Thomas Guide - Page 33 -D-5 Parking: Parking lot on top of Division building. 8 • • 1 • DIVISION 8 9101 Canoga Ave Chatsworth, CA Thomas Guide - Page 6 - C-5 Parking: East side of Transportation building. DIVISION 9 3449 Santa Anita Ave. El Monte, CA Thomas Guide - Page 28 - D-6 Parking: Employee parking lot east side of division. DIVISION 10 742 N. Mission Blvd Los Angeles, CA Thomas Guide - Page 44 - F-2 Parking: Employee parking lot west of Transportation building . DIVISION 12 970 Chester Place Long Beach, CA Thomas Guide - Page 75 - B-4 Parking: East side of Transportation building. DIVISION 15 11900 Branford St. Sun Valley, CA Thomas guide - Page 9 - C-4 Parking: Employee parking lot northwest side of Transportation building. DIVISION 16 1551 Mission Blvd Pomona,_ CA Thomas Guide - Page 95 - A-3 Parking: In front of Transportation building or on street parking on Mission Blvd • 9 • • • DIVISION 18 777 W. 190th St. LOS Angeles, CA Thomas Guide - Page 69 - A-1 Parking: Employee parking on south side of Division • 10 ,, _., ___________________________________ _ • , --- ===---- • BUS~ t V~C.:tv."11 I -, ,v/AIN r. • l_-;:::_--==-- ,0L .06, <.. I "3t/S r'ARKING <. 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Page 22 SCALE !G .. ., • • - . _ _ _M A·IN7cNr.NCE' e, t..P6.---+-u!----4 -- _1,-<.;it; NSPCN i'i Ti ~II e1-0G, I I ~ ~ \) )Z ~ ~ ~ tQ. ~ ~ / / ,,,, / / / / / __ __ . Page 23 ADO,'<c5S ; 7 77 k/. /"jOTJ.I ST SOUTH ERN CALIFORNIA D ESIGNE D SCAL E RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT r::-:------1 DIV,'~/Ol'r' /8 !'!: 2 .). CH EC J(.£D ~~ RT� 711~ 712 716 CD .... " t C/) :::c t- 0> (') • I . . · •· D FARE EXCHANGE 0 RTO MAINTENANCE VEHICLE PEDESTRIAN • · _ '\, ".> .. t, ~ '\ 'b ~ ,o OLYMPIC PARK/RIDE SIGNS :: LINE 711 LINE 712 ~ ffiironnmnnmnnmnmnnnmnnnmnnmnmnnnmnrnnnmnRJTIJF, I r------ 7 I PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY I I OL YMPlf PARK/RIOE 810NS . I I ~l CHARTER BUSES 7 11 Jl 716 CHARTER BUSES I VERMONT AVE 112 H 71 ~ i~r EXPOSITION PARK WEST l INES 7 11, 7 1 2, . 7 1 5, 7 16 z 0 t :::c C, w .J • ( • C 'D n, l_Q (D • '" ·" / I / COLISEUM /\ I TICKET BOOTH & fARE COLLECTION LIN[ TI I V[NU[ CAPTAIN'S VEHICLE MAINT[IUNCE VEHICLE TIUNIIT POLICE VEHICLE • UHLOAOINO/IIOAROINO LINE 8 7 IO, TI I LINE 710 .. " . -· ITAOINQ AREA LINES 71 :S, 714, 7 It o / '-.., 713 8 ---------------- LIN[ 71 3 RESTROOMS AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN ,ARK - INIOUNO IUI MOVEMENTS 11111111111 OUTIOUND IUS MOVEMENTI LINE 714 UNLOAOINO/IOAROINO LINE 8 11 3, 7 I 4, 7 It NOT TO SCALE - ~ H-~ - 1 I LOADING IAY NUMIER8 LINE 711 -· · ·· EXPOSITION PAR/( EAST LINES 710, 713, 714, 718, 719 _ RT� a: a a: w ~ 0 ..J "- • • ( . .. • e • • ,~ RTCJ PICK UP &. !? SPECTATOR/ PARKING "' -1 . "' SCRTD STAFF &. ~-- SUPPORT VEHICLES /~ ALTERN_A_T_E __ / ~~ROUTE SPECTATOR PARKING I I I I CRENSHAW CENTER LINE 716 - - - - - - - - - - - - ~ - - - - - - - - - - - - - RESTROOMS (UNION 76) • 0 > ..J tD ;: < :r: (/) z w a: (.) Page 26 • J e • .. • RT� UCLA NOT TO SCALE SHUTTLE LOADING AREA / LINES 2.431,576 UCLA ... :::D~OL:.Y_M __ P..:..1 C~S_;H..;.U_TT_L_E SIGN R , STRATHMORE D • ~------ ·. RESTROOMS · \ PARKING LOT 8-3RD DECK FARE COLLECTION VEHICLE D OLYMPIC SIGNS ' f PARK/RIDE &. EXPRESS LOADING AREA SHUTTLE LOADING AREA Page 27 LINES 720, 721, 723, 727 N CD ~~ R TD . · ." L · CONSTELLATION BLVD ~ ~1 · .. 0 OLYMPIC PARK/RIDE SIGN · ~ ~STAGING AREA~ ~ ·• ~ . • . ~ . CENTURY SQUARE � VENUE CAPTAIN'S VEHICLE +- ACC ESS ROAD ~- ·scRTD STAFF & SUPPORT VEHICLES NOT TO SCALE FARE COLLECTION .. · VEHICLE LOADING AREA 'a RESTROOMS > a: ::> t z w 0 PARKING STRUCTURE 0 - - · - · · • ---- -- -· - -· - -- --- ------ - . · ·-- CENTURY PARK WEST LINE 712 CENTURY PLAZA HOTEL - · •· · - ----- - - - ' · J, • I e • • • ________ j 98TH ST LOADING AREA PARKING LOT TO LOYOLA C > ..J m NOT TO SCALE ... a: 0 ~ a: < MARRIOTT HOTEL FARE COLLECTION VEHICLE II . ~~ RT� VENUE CAPTAIN'S VEHICLE 0 OLYMPIC SHUTTLE SIGN 0 TISHMAN CENTER CENTURY BLVD � 0 OLYMPIC SHUTTLE SIGN LOADING AREA TO HOLLYWOOD PARK 98TH & AIRPORT TRANSIT TERMINAL LINE 743 Page 2 9 ,~ • RTD POLICE J.P. BURGESS, TRANSIT POLICE CHIEF 83 - 33 EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PLAN FOR ADMINISTRATION BUILDING EARTHQUAKE Command July 6, 1983 In the e vent of an i nternal e merg e ncy, i.e., o ne that affe cts t he safety o f District employees, structures , equipment, or other local resources , the person in command of emergency operations will be the Transit Police Chief or his Designee. EARTHQ U AKE PROCEDURE Personal Safety Procedures at time of Earthquake. 1. Most important - DO NOT PANIC. Remain calm and protect yourself. 2 • If you are in the building, move under a desk, table, or othe r s t urdy object, or s t and next to an in t erior wa l l away ftom windows and in s ide glass . Move away from heavy object s that may topple, slide or fall . H - - ----. - r • r.:~ ~ \· i ~ Earthquake Procedure Page 2 3. Do not leave building; falling debris may injure or kill. 4. When outside and surrounded by high-rise buildings, the safest procedure may be to step into a doorway to escape falling glass and other debris. 5. When outside and high-rise buildings are not a threat, move to an open area away from overhead wires and other objects that may pose a safety hazard. 6. When driving a vehicle, move quickly off bridge or overpass and away from overhead wires or from under overpass. Pull to side of road or street. Stay in vehicle, tune radio to Emergency Broadcast Station for information. The Emergency Preparedness Monitor shall: • 1. Remain calm. Evaluate situation. • 2. Check employees in your area for inju r ies. 3. Report situation and injuries to Transit Police dispatcher via extension 362, Emergency Telephone System {E.T.S. Red Phone) or by standard telephone extension 6371. a. Be ready to receive and follow instructions from dispatcher. 4. Assist injured. Administer necessary C.P.R. or first aid. 5. In the event numerous injuries exi~t, assign uninjured employees to assist the injured employees. 6. In the event of fire in your area, follow fire procedures . . I r~ -- • i ( ·.: . . Earthquake Procedure Page 3 7. Advice employees NOT to use telephones. They will be needed to order emergency services and personal use may overload district/city circuits. 8. Assign an alternate Emergency Preparedness Monitor to check evacuation route and report when it is clear and open. Relay information to dispatcher. 9. Assign an alternate Emergency Preparedness Monitor team to check hallways, restrooms, etc., for injured persons. (Specific areas/floors) 10. Be prepared for after shocks which may cause additional damage to already weakened structure. 11. Tune any available battery powered radio to Emergency Broadcasting Station for information. 12. Direct evacuation when ordered and if needed assign personnel to assist the handicapped. 13. Assist Transit Police Officer upon request. 14. Advise employees at stand-by area when it is safe to return to building or when they are instructed to go to their homes or shelter areas. The Transit Police Dispatcher will: 1. Obtain information regarding extent of injuries and damage from Emergency Preparedness Monitors at each "red phone" area. (Request additional Transit Police assistance to handle phone and radio.) 2. Request ambulance(s) , if required. (Normally through Fire Department Radio rooms, only . ) --- -- Earthquake Procc<Jdre Page 4 ( ··, ,· ·' ' ( · 3. Request Fire Department, if required . • • 4. Dispatch sufficient Transit Police Officers to direct emergency operations. Call in off-duty officers if requested by Watch Commander. 5. Direct General Services to assess structural damage to building and shut-off utilities if required. 6. Inform on-duty Transit Police Watch Commander of situation· extent of injuries and damage. 7. Request · buses for evacuation of employees and injured, if required. 8. Request deputy coroner for fatalities, if required. (Local agency coordination if possible.) 9. Keep accurate records of all emergency operat ions - du e to possible reimbursement of funds from St a te and/o r Fe ~~ral agencies . 10. Report status of activities to Director of Safety or his designee. Transit Police Officers will: 1. Follow all orders of Field Sergeant in charge. 2. Assess damage and i njuries - consult with E.P. Monitors. 3. Assist injured persons. 4. Direct evacuat i on, if evacuation is necessary. • • r.~ Earthq~ake Proc~J re Page 5 5. Direct ambulance personnel and fire department to appropriate areas. 6. Cordon off area to prevent entry of unauthorized persons. 7. Provide security for district monies, important records, etc. 8. Maintain order and make arrests for looting, trespassing, or anyone in violation of Section 409.5 of California Penal Code. 9. Check building to verify all persons are evacuated. 10. Mark for identification all fatalities. Maintain district record of same. (See "Handling the Dead" attachment) 11. Obey all orders of Field Sergeant and keep Field Sergeant informed of situation. Transit Police Watch Commander will : 1. Assume command and coordinate all emergency operations (unless Transit Police Chief designates a supervisor other than Watch Commander to command) 2. Assign a Field Sergeant to coordinate operations at scene. 3. Make decision whether or not to evacuate employees based on information from Field Sergeant, Director of Safety and General Services Personnel. 4. Keep on-call commander advised of situation - who will relay information to Transit Police Chief and Director of Safety . -- \ - • • • ~ \: :::;' Earthquake Procedure Page 6 5. Assign additional persons, if required, to assist at dispatch center. 6. Oversee the keeping of accurate records of all operations for possible reimbursemment of expenditures from State and/or Federal Disaster funds. Transit Police Field Sergeant will: 1. Coordinate all activities at disaster area. 2. Assign T.P. Officers to assess damage and injuries. 3. Confer with T.P. Officers, Director of Safety and General Services personnel assessing damage for injury and damage status. 4. Relay information to Transit Police Watch Commander for a decision on whether to evacuate. 5 . Request ambulance a nd fi re department personnel , as ne ce s sary . 6. Assign Transit Police Officers to assist evacuation. 7. Assign Transit Police Officers to check building to verify all employees are evacuated. 8. Assign Transit Police Office to mark (tag) for identification all fatalities - and to prepare District record of same. 9. Assign Transit Police Officers to furnish security for district monies and records. 10. Assign Transit Police Officers to cordon off area/ building and prevent re-e ntry. ( · 1 Earthquake Procedure Page 7 11. Advise Transit Police Watch Commander if additional "off-duty" officers are needed to be called to report for work. 12. Keep Transit Police Watch Commander advised of emergency operations at disaster area. 13. Assign Transit Police Officer to complete report on incident. General Services Personnel will: 1. Follow orders of Transit Police Field Sergeant and Director of Safety. 2. Assess structural damage of building and immediately report any hazardous conditions to the Field Sergeant. 3. Shut-off utilities when necessary. 4. Assist in determi ning alternate evacuati o n routes if pri mary routes are closed or dangerous . 5. Order or make needed repairs on structure as necessary. Advise Field Sergeant of approximate time needed to make structure safe. 6. Advise Transit Police Field Sergeant when structure is safe to re-occupy. • Earthquake ProcC~re Page 8 Transportation Personnel will: ( ... 1. Follow orders of Watch Commander (Supervisor designated in command) • 2. Provide buses for evacuation of employees, if requested. 3. Provide buses for transporting injured, if requested. 4. Provide transportation of needed supplies, if requested. Safety Personnel will 1. Assist in evacuation procedures. 2. Confer with T.P. Officers and General Services personnel • assessing damage for injury and damage s tatus. AK-27 • HANDLING THE DEAD For the purpose of proper Medical-Legal Investigation including the identification of bodies and the notification to the next-of-kin: I. Do not move body except if necessary for rescue work or the health and safety of others. II. Tag (label) and cover body. Do not remove any personal effects. Information to put on tag (label): a. Name and address if known. b. By whom or how identified. c. Exact location where found. d. Date and time found. e. Name and telephone number of person filling ·out tag. III. After 12 hours, if Coroner's representative has not responded, move properly tagged bodies with personal effects to one locale, i.e., garage or other cool building. AK-24 NOTE: Keep insects and other animal life away from bod y . In case of extr eme he a t or direct s unlight , move body to a cool shaded area or r efrigera t ed room a s s oon a s possible . During a major disaster it may b e two to three days b e for e bodies can be cared for. - - i • 0 EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PLAN EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT Transit Police will be responsible for maintaining the following equipment: 1. Flashlights for each officer. 2. Portable radios for each officer. 3. First aid kit for each unit. 4. Blanket for each unit • 5. Flashlight batteries to be available at command post. 6 . Road flares in each unit for traffic control at Headquarters building. 7. Barricade tape to cordon off unauthorized areas. Saftey will be responsible for providing the following: 1. First aid equipment for Headquarters building employees. 2. Blankets for Headquarters building. 3. Stretchers for evacuation of injured. • • • EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT PAGE 2 General Services will be responsible for the following: AK-29 1. Keys to all areas of Headquarters building to be available to General Services and Transit Police personnel. 2. Hand tools to be kept at an accessable location for use in shut-off of utilities and for search and evacuation procedures. 3. Emergency generator to be maintained in good working order. 4. Fire extinguishers strategically located; maintained with current inspection status • 5. Fire-ax for emergency access to locked areas. ,~ fl\ RTD e POLICE • J.P. BURGESS, TRANSIT POLICE CHIEF 83 - 32 EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PLAN FOR ADMINISTRATION BUILDING RESPONDING TO FIRE Command July 6, 1983 In the event of an internal emergency, i.e., one that affects the safety of District employees, structures, equipment , or other local resources, the person in command of eme r gency operations will be the Transit Police Chief or his De signee . RESPONDING TO FIRE AT HEADQUARTERS BUILDING Person Discovering Fire Should: 1. Alert all persons in area. 2. Call Transit Police Dispatcher and report the following information: • c ~:2 Responding to Fire Page 2 Red Phone - Ext 362 White Phone - Ext 6371 a. I am reporting a fire in Headquarters Building. b. Give floor and location of fire on floor (Department name) • c. Advise what is burning. d . . Report any injuries if ambulance is necessary. E.P. Monitor (Emergency Preparedness Monitor) Should: 1. Evaluate situation. 2. Designate person to activate fire alarm • 3 . Assign person(s) to use fire extinguis he rs if fire is c ontrollable . 4. If fire is not controllable, designate alternate monitor to assist the employees in evacuating. 5. Designate persORs to assist handicapped, if any. 6. Direct employees out of area v i a pre-designed evacuation route using stairs only. • • Responding to Fire Page 3 7. Employees responsible for District monies and/or important records will secure same prior to evacuating, if possible. 8. Emergency Preparedness Monitor will direct employees to stand-by area where they will remain until further instructions are received from Transit Police. Transit Police Dispatcher Will: 1. Notify Fire Department. 2. Notify Watch Commander. 3. Request General Services to shut-off natural gas in fire area • 4. Notify persons on floor above and below fire. 5 . Request sufficient Transit Police pers o nnel to assist . 6. Requ~st ambulance if necessa(y. 7. Notify Director of Safety. Transit Police Officers Will: 1. Direct Fire Department to fire area. 2. Direct ambulance personnel to injured employees. 3. Cordon off area to prevent entry of unauthorized persons. 4. Assist in evacuation . 5 . Assist injured/handicapped persons . • Responding to Fire Page 4 6. Direct employees at standby area when it is safe to re-enter building. 7. Complete Preliminary Investigation report. Transit Police Watch Commander Will: 1. Assume command (unless the Transit Police Chief assumes command or designates someone other than the Watch Commander). 2. Assign Field Sergeant to oversee evacuation. 3. Evaluate injuries, damage, and/or loss. 4. Report information to on-call Commander who will report to • Transit Police Chief and Director of Safety. • Safety Personnel will : 1. Assist in evacuation procedures. 2. Confer with Transit Police Officers an d General Services Personnel assessing damage for injury and damage status. AK-28 ,~ • RTO POLICE • • J.P. BURGESS, TRANSIT POLICE CHIEF July 1, 1983 83 - 31 EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PLAN FOR ADMINISTRATION BUILDING BOMB THREAT Command I n the event of an in t erna l emergency , i . e ., one that affec t s the safety of District employes, structures, equipment or other local resources, the person in command of emergency operations will be the Transit Police Chief or his Designee. ~OMB SEARCH AND EVACUATION Person receiving bomb threat call will: 1. 2. Notify Transit Police Dispatcher via red phone X 362 or white phone X 6371. Give dispatcher all requested information from bomb threat check list . • • • Training 'Bulletin (Z?_ 31 Page 2 (- \ \. '_•:( Emergency Preparedness Monitor's Responsibilities: 1. Emergency Preparedness Monitors will be in charge prior to arrival of Transit Police. 2. Emergency Preparedness Monitors shall immediately organize an area search for any suspect object, using alternate Emergency Preparedness Monitors as search teams. During the search, you are looking for something that shouldn't be there. The explos~ve most likely will be camouflaged such as in a shoe box, grocery bag, athletic bag, flight bag, attache case, etc. 3. Transit Police or Emergency Preparedness Monitors will assign teams to check storage rooms, rest-rooms, hallways, closets, etc • 4 •. Transit Police or Emerg e ncy Prepa redne ss Moni t o rs will a ss ign teams to check evacuation route and repor t when i t is open a nd c lear . 5. When any suspect object is located, Transit Police shall be notified i mmediately. The object will not be touched or moved. A complete description of suspect object, and exact location of suspect object will be given to Transit Police. 6. Emergency Preparedness Monitor will direct the employee with responsibility for district monies and confidential materials to secure such items prior to evacuating • C j ,., Training Bulletin 83 - 31 Page j • Transit Police Officers Reseonsibility • 1. Transit Police will supervise evacuation of area. 2. Transit Police will order evacuation of area directly above and below suspect object . 3. Transit Police will verify everyone is evacuated from area. 4. Transit Police will cordon off area to prevent entry by unauthorized persons. 5. Transit Police will respond to stand-by area and direct employees to re-enter when it is safe to do so. 6. Transit Police Officer will complete Preliminary Investigation report. Transit Police Dispatcher's Resp onsibilities : 1. Transit Police Dispatcher will direct Transit Police Officers to the location. 2. Transit Police Dispatcher will request bomb squad, if required. 3. Transit Police Dispatcher will request Fire Department for stand-by status, if required. 4. Transit Police Dispatcher will request general services shut-off natural gas in area, and if safety permits, all flammables will be removed from area, if required. Training Bulletin 83 - 31 Page 4 i Transit Police Watch Commander's Duties: • ' 1. Watch Commander will assume command (unless Transit Police Chief designates supervisor other than Watch Commander to assume command). 2. Watch Commander will assign a Field Sergeant to oversee search and/or evacuation. 3. Watch Commander will contact person with responsibility for facility to determine if evacuation is desired. 4 . NOTE: In the event that no suspicious object is located, the decision whether or not to evacuate will be the person with responsibility for that facility. ,In some cases, the decision to evacuate may rest with the Transit Police Watch Commander, pursuant to Section 409.5 of the California Penal Code. Watch Commande r will assess any injuries , damage, and/o r loss. 5. Watch Commander will report status to on-call Commander who will forward information to Transit Police Chief. AK-26 .. • • • Section HUMAN RESOURCES POLICY MANUAL 8.05 ,~ Effective Date lQ- : ~8 9 Subject Supersedes RTD EMERGENCY SAFETY PROCEDURES Page 1 of 10 I. POLICY STATEMENT It is the District's policy to provide a safe and healthful work place. In turn, employees are expected to follow all rules and procedures. II. PURPOSE The purpose of this policy is to inform all employees of proper safety procedures and guidelines to be followed in an emergency. Once familiar with this information, employees will be better prepared to protect and perhaps save the lives of themselves and others. · III. APPLICATION This policy applies to all District employees . IV. PROCEDURE A. Coping in an E mergency 1. Use of the t elephone m ust be for em ergency purposes on ly. Use of a phone for any other purpose may contribute to potential circuit overload and/or collapse which may in turn prevent other emergency calls from getting through. Use a portable radio for giving e~ergency information and instruction. 2. Primary emergency broadcasting stations which have direct links with public agencies and governmental authorities will broadcast related information continuously following a catastrophe. 3. Most local telephone company directories provide an informational Survival Guide in the front pages. This guide provides simple procedures which may save a life in an emergency and should provide help until medical assistance becomes available. Copies of this information are also available from the District,s Safety Department. 4. Mass care assistance the Red and casualty care facilities offering basic following a major catastrophe are operated by Cross, governmental agencies, and other HUMAN RESOURCES Subject Effective Date Section POLICY MANUAL 10-1-89 8.05 EMERGENCY SAFETY Supersedes Page 2 of 10 PROCEDURES ....------------------• B. C. · - organizations. These emergency centers will provide food, shelter, and essential welfare services to disaster victims during the immediate post-disaster period. Contacting Family Members 1. If telephone service is interrupted, there may be no way for an employee to reach his/her family for a period of time. 2. Employees should prearrange a second contact point with their families other than the general vicinity of their home. This location can serve as a relay point of information or a meeting point where employees and their families can get in touch with each other immediately after a crisis. 3. Security and emergency personnel will employees about outside conditions damage, road conditions, etc.) as it Also, radios will be broadcasting information following a catastrophe. Paychecks relay information to ( i . e. , ' extent of becomes available. similar types of If there is an interruption of District business as a result of a catastrophe, the RTD intends to continue paying employees during the recovery period. The District will make every effort to deliver such funds where they can be available to company personnel. If necessary, a place and time of delivery will be announced via radio, television, and/or newspaper. For operational personnel, the information relay point will be their respective divisions. D. Guidelines for Specific Situations 1. Fi re Learn the proper exits in case of a fire and the location of fire alarms and fire extinguishers within the work area. If smoke is smelled or flames are seen, do the following: a. Report the emergency--Dial 6280 on the standard phone or 362 on the special red phone in the Administration Building. Give all pertinent information to the Transit Police D i spatcher. • • HUMAN RESOURCES POLICY MANUAL • • • Subject Effective Date Section 10-1-89 8.05 EMERGENCY SAFETY Supersedes Page 3 of 10 PROCEDURES b. Activate the fire alarm box nearest the location of the fire. c. Use the fire extinguisher if personal safety permits. d. Follow the instructions of Transit Police, floor monitors, or other emergency personnel who will direct employees to the proper evacuation routes. e. Do not use elevators. Evacuate as quickly as possible by posted evacuation routes using stairways only. f. Do not open hot doors. Before opening any door including those leading into stairwells, touch the door near the top to see if it's warm. A fire on the other side will blast through the smallest opening with tremendous heat and force. g. If smoke is present, stay close to the floor--crawl; don't walk to the exit. Remember smoke can be as deadly as fire. h. Block off smoke and heat with closed doors. Use an alternate exit, and seal off cracks arouPd doors and vents. i. WALK, DON'T RUN! Hold handrails. Women should remove high heels to avoid tripping on stairs. Follow specific instructions and use nearest assigned evacuation route exit unless otherwise instructed by security or emergency personnel. j. Assist handicapped persons if they are present. k. If exiting is onto a roof, quickly move away from the exit door to avoid congestion. Stay away from the edge of the building and use designated walkways and/or fire escapes. 1. If exiting is onto the sidewalk, quickly move away from the exit door and proceed to an area where interference with fire fighters is least possible. Do not return to the building until instructed to do so . HUMAN RESOURCES Subject Effective Date Section POLICY MANUAL 10-1-89 8.05 EMERGENCY SAFETY SupersedH Page 4 of 10 PROCEDURES --------------------.• 2. · - _ Earthquake Earthquakes usually come without warning and at best employees may have only a few seconds to react. One of the most dangerous places to be during an earthquake is on a sidewalk or street lined with tall buildings where falling debris such as glass and masonry may cause injuries. The important thing is for employees to shield from falling objects. In the event of an earthquake, do the fo 11 owing: a. Inside (1) Get under a sturdy table or desk or stand in a doorway to prevent injury from falling material or flying objects. Move away from windows, mirrors, tall bookcases, file cabinets, or other high, stacked items which could topple. (2} Follow the instructions of Transit Police, floor monitors or other emergency personnel. (3) Do not move to another floor or evacuate the building unless given instructions to do so by Transit Pol i ce or Emergency Personnel. They will check for safety before authorizing a relocation effort. (4} Use only stairways when exiting. Elevators are potential traps in an earthquake. b. Outside (1) (2) Move away from buildings and areas subject to falling debris, glass, electrical wires or poles. Take cover in a doorway or archway if a clear area is not available. Cover the head with arms if threatened with falling debris. Do not enter any buildings immediately after shaking has stopped. Be prepared for after shocks which generally follow a strong earthquake. c. In a Car If driving a vehicle, bring the vehicle to a safe stop along the road or in an open area, but stay • • HUMAN RESOURCES POLICY MANUAL • • • Subject Effective Date Section 10-1-89 8.05 EMERGENCY SAFETY Superaedet Page 5 of 10 PROCEDURES inside the vehicle. Avoid stopping near overpasses, wires, high structures, or anything that could fall on the vehicle. 3. Floods Although the threat of flash floods or dam breakage exists, modern methods of forecasting have limited the chance of a flood disaster without prior warning. The National Weather Service monitors these events and broadcasts warnings to the public over radio and television. Depending on the time the warning is received, employees may be advised to stay at home. If at work, stay in the building until it is safe to leave. Leave only if a safe area is available before access is cut off by flood wat~r. a. Move to higher ground. sudden flooding . Avoid areas subject to b. Do not attempt to cross a water flow which is above the knees. c. Do not attempt to drive over a flooded road, as the vehicle may become trapped and stranded. If the vehicle stalls, abandon it and seek higher ground. 4. Tornadoes, Gales, and Hurricanes The National Weather Service issues watches and warnings to the public. A WATCH means tornadoes, hurricanes, or high winds are expected to develop. A WARNING means the danger has actually been sighted in the vicinity. Depending on the conditions, instructions may be given to go home. But, if there is no time to leave: a. Seek safety immediately. There is usually very little time to react. b. Follow the instructions of Security and Emergency Personnel to take shelter or relocate to a safer area. The best protection is available within a substantial steel framed or concrete building or underground shelter . HUMAN RESOURCES POLICY MANUAL Subject Effective Date 10-1-89 Section 8.05 EMERGENCY SAFETY PROCEDURES Supersedes Page 6 of 10 • ================================================ ~~ Do not go outside. It is much safer within a building structure than out in the open. d. If outside and caught unexpectedly, take cover and lie flat in the nearest depression such as a ditch or manhole. e. If in a car and spot a water funnel or tornado path, drive away at a right angle and seek shelter. 5. Bomb Threats Bomb threats are usually received by telephone and sometimes by note or letter. Most bomb threats are made by callers who want to create an atmosphere of general anxiety and panic, but all such calls must be taken seriously and handled as though an explosive is in the building. If a note or lette~ is received, immediately contact the Transit Police Dispatcher, Ext. 26280, on the standard phone or 362 on the special red phone in the Administration Building. If a bomb-threat call is received, follow these steps: a . . Keep the conversation going. b. Ask questions: Where is the bomb? When is it going to go off? What kind is it? What does it look like? Permit the caller to say as much as possible without interruption. c. Take notes on everything said and observations about background noise, voice characteristics, etc. Use the bomb threat checklist found in this booklet or in the in-house telephone directory to record this information. d. Call the Transit Police Dispatcher immediately and report the threat. If possible, get a co-worker to do this while talking to the caller. (Remember the purpose of keeping the person on the telephone is to provide sufficient time for the authorities to trace the ca 11.) • • • • • • HUMAN RESOURCES POLICY MANUAL Subject EMERGENCY SAFETY P R OCEDURES Effective Date 10-1-89 Supersedes Section 8.05 Page 7 of 10 When there has been a threat and a package or foreign object is seen in an unusual place -- don't touch it. Survey the immediate work area and immediately call Transit Police to report any unusual devices. All bomb threats are assumed to be real; they are to be considered a threat to employees and business operations. After Transit Police have been notified, instructions will be given if evacuation is necessary. Follow the instructions which are given by the Transit Police personnel. If an explosion of any type occurs at anytime, it should be reported immediately to the Transit Police Dispatcher. Bomb Threat Checklist Employees receiving a bomb threat should immediately ask the following questions and notify Transit Police on Ext. 6371 on the standard phone or 362 on the special red phone in the Administration Building . 1. When is the bomb going to explode? 2. Where is the bomb right now? 3. What kind of bomb is it? 4. What does it look like? · 5. Why did you place the bomb? HUMAN RESOURCES Subject Effective Date Section POLICY MANUAL 10-1-89 8.05 EMERGENCY SAFETY of PROCEDURES Supersede• Page 8 10 ....--------------.• KEEP THE . CALLER ON THE PHONE AS LONG AS POSSIBLE! RECORD: 1. Time of Call Date of Call 2. On what extension was bomb threat received 3. Exact words of person: -------------- 4. ( ) Male ( ) Female ( ) Adult ( ) Child Estimated Age 5. Speech Pat tern · ( ) Slow ( ) Excited ( ) D isguised ( ) Rapid ( ) Loud ( ) Broken ( ) Normal ( ) Normal ( ) Sincere Accent Background Noises 6. Completed by: • • HUMAN RESOURCES POLICY MANUAL • • • Subject Effective Date Section EMERGENCY SAFE TY 10- 1-89 8. 05 PROCEDU RES Supersedes Page 0 of 10 'I: 6. Civil Disturbances 7 . 8. Should a civil disturbance arise which may jeopardize the employees' safety and well-being, Transit Police personnel will take necessary action. In the interim: a. Remain calm -- do not provoke further incident. b. Do not become a spectator. Leave or avoid the area to prevent injury, further disruptions, or possible arrest. c. Leave the building only under the direction of Transit Police or Emergency Personnel. Employees may be directed to a safer area in the bu i lding, or advised to leave, depending upon the type of incident. Chemical/Gas Explosion/Hazardous Material Spills Falling aircraft, chemical accidents (i.e., tanker truck accidents involving toxic gases) , and leaking gas of faulty boilers could all be the cause of life endangering explosions on or near the premi ses . If there is a potential for an explosion: a. Follow instructions of Security/Emergency Personnel; directions will be given to take cover, or to evacuate the location. b. Stay away from windows. c. Do not light matches or cigarettes. If an explosion occurs in the building: a. Follow instructions for evacuation; do not return to the building unless instructed to do so. b. Avoid inhaling toxic fumes if possible. Nuclear Explosions Federal, state, and local governments maintain and operate a nationwide emergency broadcasting system to carry out early warnings . HUMAN RESOURCES POLICY MANUAL Subject EMERGENCY SAFETY PROCEDURES Effective Date 10- 1-89 , Supersedes J • Section f 8.05 Page 10 of 10 ========== ··· ==============• If an employee should become aware of a blast or nuclear warning alarm, immediately turn on the radio to obtain information and instructions. As quickly as possible seek protection in a fa 11 out shelter. a. Inside Drop to the floor and get under a sturdy table or a piece of furniture; stay on the floor away from windows. b. Outside Take cover immediately. Quickly get behind, under, or in something that will shield the body from debris and glass or lie in a ditch, if one is available. The local office of emergency services can supply a list of fallout shelters in the area. Make a mental note of location whenever a fallout shelter sign is seen. Further information on this subject may be obtained in a citizen's handbook on nuclear disasters from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) listed in t he telephone directory. V. FURTHER INFORMATION If you need additional information, or have questions regarding this policy, please contact Risk Management, Ext. 24962. • •
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A packet of supplemental materials pertaining to the department's role in controlling the civil unrest, 1992 July 13.
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Los Angeles Webster Commission records, 1931-1992
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Chaired by former federal judge and FBI and CIA Director William H. Webster, the Los Angeles Webster Commission assessed law enforcement's performance in connection with the April, 1992 Los Angeles civil unrest. The collection consists of materials collected and studied by the Commission over the course of its investigation. Materials pertain to both the Los Angeles incident specifically, and civil disturbance, civil unrest control, and policing tactics in general.
Included in the collection are the following: interviews with LAPD officers, law enforcement personnel, government officials, community leaders, and activists; articles, broadcasts, and press releases covering the civil unrest; various tactical and contingency plans created for disasters and emergencies; reports, studies, and manuals about civil unrest control and prevention; literature about community-based policing strategies; emergency plans and procedures developed by other cities; and after-action reports issued once the civil unrest had subsided. Also featured are items related to the internal operations of the LAPD both before and during the civil unrest, including activity reports, meeting agendas and minutes, arrest data, annual reports, curricula and educational materials, and personnel rosters.
See also the finding aid (https://archives.usc.edu/repositories/3/resources/2266).
See also The Los Angeles Riots: The Independent and Webster Commissions Collections (https://scalar.usc.edu/works/the-los-angeles-riots-christopher-and-webster-commissions-collections/index).
Related collections in the USC Digital Library:
? Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department, 1991 (see also the finding aid: https://archives.usc.edu/repositories/3/resources/2251)
? Richard M. Mosk Christopher Commission records, 1988-2011 (see also the finding aid: https://archives.usc.edu/repositories/3/resources/393)
? Kendall O. Price Los Angeles riots records, 1965-1967 (see also the finding aid: https://archives.usc.edu/repositories/3/resources/979)
? Watts riots records, 1965 (see also the finding aid: https://archives.usc.edu/repositories/3/resources/83)
Thanks to generous support from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the USC Libraries are digitizing this collection for online public access.
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1931/1992