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Yahoo
28-04-2025
- Yahoo
LA Metro to begin concealed weapon screening in Norwalk
The Brief LA Metro will start screening passengers for concealed weapons at the C-Line's Norwalk station on Monday. It's part of efforts to enhance safety, with the technology's effectiveness to be assessed over the next year at key stations. In response to increased violence on Metro buses and trains, officials have implemented various safety measures. LOS ANGELES - LA Metro is set to begin screening passengers for concealed weapons at the C-Line's Norwalk station starting Monday, as part of ongoing efforts to enhance safety. What we know In response to increased violence on Metro buses and trains, LA Metro is implementing weapons detection screening at the Norwalk station on the C-Line. This initiative is part of a broader strategy to protect passengers and employees, which includes environmental improvements, modern fare gates, increased uniformed presence, and care-based strategies. SUGGESTED: Officials break ground on 105 Freeway ExpressLanes project The screening process will commence at 10:30 a.m. Monday, with Metro Board Chair Janice Hahn, Metro Board First Vice Chair Fernando Dutra, and Robert Gummer, deputy chief of safety, security, and law enforcement for LA Metro, present to observe the procedure at 12901 Hoxie Ave. What's next The effectiveness of the weapons detection technology will be evaluated over the next year at key stations. SUGGESTED: LAX/Metro Transit Center Station set to open June 6 This assessment will help determine if the technology can be a viable tool for enhancing safety across the Metro system. The Source Information for this story is from LA Metro. City News Service conrtibuted.
Yahoo
02-04-2025
- Yahoo
Lawndale resident threatened to shoot Metro crew members, authorities say
A Lawndale resident was arrested for allegedly threatening to shoot crew members on a Metro project in his neighborhood, L.A. County Sheriff's Department said. The threat was made electronically via Metro's public complaint portal on Feb. 20 and affected roughly 100 crew members working on the C-Line extension in the South Bay, Lt. Brian Jones said. The suspect, 28-year-old Daniel Doyle Scallion, lives near the project. After a weekslong investigation, more than two dozen sheriff's deputies served a search warrant on Scallion's home around 4 a.m. Wednesday and arrested him on suspicion of making criminal threats, officials said. Online jail records show Scallion was booked around 6 a.m. for a felony, and held at the Lennox station jail on $50,000 bail. He does not appear to have been formally charged, and does not appear to have any prior cases in Los Angeles County Superior Court records. Scallion, a dogwalker, according to his LinkedIn page, could not be reached for comment. 'The Sheriff's Department will continue to work in partnership with Metro or to ensure the safety of all Metro employees, ridership and the general public,' Jones said. Jones said the anonymous threat was connected to Scallion after a warrant sought information through the internet provider. He said it didn't appear that Scallion had previously made any formal complaints regarding the project and did not have a known history of making similar criminal threats. He is due to appear in court on Friday, Jones said. The light rail project aims to connect the South Bay from Redondo Beach to Torrance by expanding the C Line. It has received ongoing complaints from residents who have taken issue with the proximity of the project to their homes. But the threat of violence was out of the ordinary, a Metro representative told The Times. Metro said the project had continued during the investigation. On Tuesday, security was seen on site. The transit agency said the public was not in danger, but residents who learned of the threat last month were alarmed by the lack of information provided. Chelsea Schreiber has resided in Lawndale for nearly 10 years and lives about 30 feet from the project. For weeks, she has wondered about the threat, concerned that residents could be implicated. She said her husband witnessed the arrest Wednesday morning at Scallion's home, not far from where they live. Scallion was known to regularly set off fireworks, Schreiber said. She doesn't believe that violence is a solution. But said that she and others have continued to voice their fears over the project's impact on the community without any resolution. 'Metro's accountability is so lacking that residents are that frustrated,' she said. Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
Los Angeles Times
02-04-2025
- Los Angeles Times
Lawndale resident threatened to shoot Metro crew members, authorities says
A Lawndale resident was arrested for allegedly threatening to shoot crew members on a Metro project in his neighborhood, L.A. County Sheriff's Department said. The threat was made electronically via Metro's public complaint portal on Feb. 20 and affected roughly 100 crew members working on the C-Line extension in the South Bay, Lt. Brian Jones said. The suspect, 28-year-old Daniel Doyle Scallion, lives near the project. After a weekslong investigation, more than two dozen sheriff's deputies served a search warrant on Scallion's home around 4 a.m. Wednesday and arrested him on suspicion of making criminal threats, officials said. Online jail records show Scallion was booked around 6 a.m. for a felony, and held at the Lennox station jail on $50,000 bail. He does not appear to have been formally charged, and does not appear to have any prior cases in Los Angeles County Superior Court records. Scallion, a dogwalker, according to his LinkedIn page, could not be reached for comment. 'The Sheriff's Department will continue to work in partnership with Metro or to ensure the safety of all Metro employees, ridership and the general public,' Jones said. Jones said the anonymous threat was connected to Scallion after a warrant sought information through the internet provider. He said it didn't appear that Scallion had previously made any formal complaints regarding the project and did not have a known history of making similar criminal threats. He is due to appear in court on Friday, Jones said. The light rail project aims to connect the South Bay from Redondo Beach to Torrance by expanding the C Line. It has received ongoing complaints from residents who have taken issue with the proximity of the project to their homes. But the threat of violence was out of the ordinary, a Metro representative told The Times. Metro said the project had continued during the investigation. On Tuesday, security was seen on site. The transit agency said the public was not in danger, but residents who learned of the threat last month were alarmed by the lack of information provided. Chelsea Schreiber has resided in Lawndale for nearly 10 years and lives about 30 feet from the project. For weeks, she has wondered about the threat, concerned that residents could be implicated. She said her husband witnessed the arrest Wednesday morning at Scallion's home, not far from where they live. Scallion was known to regularly set off fireworks, Schreiber said. She doesn't believe that violence is a solution. But said that she and others have continued to voice their fears over the project's impact on the community without any resolution. 'Metro's accountability is so lacking that residents are that frustrated,' she said.
