This proposal is in response to a number of recent MTA incidents involving repeat sex offenders.
Almost one million people — mostly young girls — are trafficked against their will each year.
The campaign’s message is that sexual assaults will not be tolerated on the T or anywhere else.
Agency has had 35 reports of sexual assault through the end of May. There were 56 sexual assault reports for all of 2014 and 67 in 2015.
New York Police Department officials said Monday that there have been 458 reported sex crimes in the subway through Monday compared with 299 through the same period last year, a 53% increase, according to the report.
Includes 3,000 ads placed on buses and railcars across L.A. County. In addition, 85,000 brochures containing resources on how to help victims of human trafficking will be placed in Metro’s customer centers, stations, buses and trains.
Officers made 128 arrests on charges of sex abuse or forcible touching through Sunday, compared to 104 such collars by the same point in 2013 — a 23% rise.
Transit officials are looking to train bus drivers to spot suspicious activity and implement a public awareness campaign.
Teaming with advocacy groups to empower riders to stop sexual assault and harassment, using new campaigns and communication tools.
Police documented 95 sex crimes on BART, San Francisco MUNI and Alameda County Transit in 2011. However, experts who study sex crimes on public transit say the numbers are significantly underreported.
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