Last year, L.A. Metro began testing state-of-the-art, non-invasive weapons detection technology at Union Station. Now the L.A. Metro Board is expanding that pilot program by adding weapons detection technology at other stations, starting with the Norwalk Metro Station and the San Pedro Street Station in Downtown L.A.
“You can’t bring a weapon into a concert, or a Dodger game—and you shouldn’t be able to bring one onto our trains either,” L.A. County Supervisor Janice Hahn, who chairs the L.A. Metro board, said on Monday April 28 at a press conference in Norwalk. “Metro should be safe for everyone—riders, workers, and operators alike.”
A Metro Transit Officer uses a hand metal detector to secondary screen Steve Stevenson after setting off the metal detector at the C-Line Norwalk station on Monday April 28, 2025. The Expanded Weapons Detection Pilot program will be assessed for 12 months across various key stations. (Photo by Keith Durflinger, Contributing Photographer) Robert Gummer, Deputy Chief, Safety Security and Law Enforcement for LA Metro, speaks at the kick off of the Expanded Weapons Detection Pilot program C-Line Norwalk station on Monday April 28, 2025. The program will be assessed for 12 months across various key Metro stations. (Photo by Keith Durflinger, Contributing Photographer) Metro Transit Officers screen passengers for concealed weapons with the use of metal detectors at the C-Line Norwalk station on Monday April 28, 2025. The Expanded Weapons Detection Pilot program will be assessed for 12 months across various key stations. (Photo by Keith Durflinger, Contributing Photographer) Metro Transit Officers screen passengers for concealed weapons with the use of metal detectors at the C-Line Norwalk station on Monday April 28, 2025. The Expanded Weapons Detection Pilot program will be assessed for 12 months across various key stations. (Photo by Keith Durflinger, Contributing Photographer) Fernando Dutra, Metro Board First Vice Chair, speaks at the kick off of the Expanded Weapons Detection Pilot program C-Line Norwalk station on Monday April 28, 2025. The program will be assessed for 12 months across various key Metro stations. (Photo by Keith Durflinger, Contributing Photographer) Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn speaks at the kick off of the Expanded Weapons Detection Pilot program C-Line Norwalk station, with Robert Gummer, Deputy Chief, Safety Security and Law Enforcement for LA Metro, left, and Fernando Dutra, Metro Board First Vice Chair, left center, on Monday April 28, 2025. The program will be assessed for 12 months across various key Metro stations. (Photo by Keith Durflinger, Contributing Photographer) Show Caption1 of 6A Metro Transit Officer uses a hand metal detector to secondary screen Steve Stevenson after setting off the metal detector at the C-Line Norwalk station on Monday April 28, 2025. The Expanded Weapons Detection Pilot program will be assessed for 12 months across various key stations. (Photo by Keith Durflinger, Contributing Photographer) ExpandThe concept is similar to security used by amusement parks, where people are screened as they walk through pillar-style scanners. If a rider is flagged by the sensors, they will be subject to a search of their belongings.
This pilot program follows several other safety efforts adopted by the Metro board, including higher fare gates, expanding the tap-to-exit program, adding barriers to protect bus operators, putting better lighting at stations, “and more visible law enforcement, transit security, and Metro ambassadors,” Hahn said.
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Hahn was joined at the press conference by Metro Board Vice Chair Fernando Dutra, Metro Deputy CEO Sharon Gookin and Metro Deputy Chief of System Security and Law Enforcement Robert Gummer.
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