In Los Angeles, the local transit agency has resorted to the desperation tactic of playing classical music in a downtown subway station to see if it has any impact on the crime, vagrants, drug users, and calls to police from transit customers. Even as violent crime (robbery, aggravated assault, and rape) in the metro system increased 24% in 2022 compared with 2021, some politicians feel that ramped-up music is preferable to ramped-up policing.
Hilda Solis, for instance, a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, reportedly issued a statement to The Los Angeles Times indicating she supports “safety interventions” that “introduce alternatives to deploying additional armed law enforcement on the system.”
A battle is being waged at an L.A.
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