Transit police on buses "24/7"

[compn]

in 2012, March 19, DDOT metrics showed a peak period requirement of 241 buses

http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/in...vides_dai.html

so thats about 200 officers.

[MikeyinBrooklyn]

in 2012, March 19, DDOT metrics showed a peak period requirement of 241 buses

http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/in...vides_dai.html

so thats about 200 officers.

I think that in order to figure out the number of officers needed, you would need to know how many total hours buses are used. Obviously, if 241 is the most buses in use at any one time, you would need 241 police officers at that time, but that doesn't take into account lower usage times, and buses that are in service for longer than 8 hours a day or more than 5 days a week. The most pertinent number for figuring out how many officers needed would be to determine the total number of hours all buses are in service a week. Then DDOT and DPD can determine how to staff it.

[Danny]

There's security cameras in most SMART buses, too.