How we work with the unhoused on our system
- Date: 06/14/2024
If you ride Metro regularly, you’ve likely seen some of our unhoused neighbors sheltering on the system. After all, enclosed…
"The Regional Transportation District would cancel its contract with Allied Universal Security, whose guards assaulted a Denver artist, under a proposed resolution that seeks to remove most armed officers from trains and transit stations.
The move would be among the most drastic steps taken by a U.S. transit agency in response to activists' nationwide calls to defund police. The resolution cites concern about security officers' run-ins with the homeless, people of color and other disadvantaged groups, and it would direct RTD to hire outreach workers -- including professionals with mental-health training -- to replace them."
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