They have only made a minor difference from what I have seen.
People still hopping over or sandwiching through?They have only made a minor difference from what I have seen.
Thanks for sharing this.more "not news"
How about that:
‘They're stealing': DC hearing weighs policing changes for fare evasion
The Metro Safety Amendment Act of 2023 would require people stopped for fare evasion to provide their true name and address to officers or face an additional fine.www.nbcwashington.com
They’re finally making the connection.
However, they’ll never admit that legal carriers aren’t the crime problem on Metro.
Metro police arrests are up exponentially for gate hoppers. PG and Northern Virginia primarily. Montgomery County no arrests.Neither will they admit that the people who jump the gates,costing the system tens of millions of dollars per year, are also the people whose presence and behavior deters many of the law-abiding from using the system at all.
They need to make the fine high enough that it pays for officers at all stations to arrest them.Metro police arrests are up exponentially for gate hoppers. PG and Northern Virginia primarily. Montgomery County no arrests.
Courts hate the back ups caused at the courthouse so the arrests get dropped at the prosecutors office.They need to make the fine high enough that it pays for officers at all stations to arrest them.
Glad you understand.Mo Co no arrests? Why ride the train with the hoi polloi when you can drive by yourself in your Lexus?
Can't argue with anything said here and I'd only add that I'm pretty sure any law abiding DC permit holder would get the book thrown at them for any infraction -- way more than the people with multiple arrests and felony convictions.DC has over the years seized hundreds and hundreds of illegal firearms with pat downs of fair evaders. They no longer do this because they no longer do anything about fair jumpers.. So not only is rampant increased fair evasion costing DC taxpayers billions -- seizing firearms in subway, a formerly major source of getting illegal guns off the streets, has dropped to near nil.
The irony is a person with no license to carry, and no registration is now at no more risk of being caught or penalized for going on metro rail or bus -- than they do walking down the street illegally armed. There is no legal difference nor increased jeopardy nor increased penalty for a bad guy to be on a subway while armed compared to being on the street while armed. Yet a background checked, trained, waiting period subjected licensed CCPL holder is under way more penalty risk if they are on a subway carrying compared to walking on the street.
They have only made a minor difference from what I have seen.
People still hopping over or sandwiching through?
I’ve actually noticed a big difference.
More BS out of DC.
"Get arrested so you can have standing." I'm not surprised that I'm not surprised.
In spite of Bruen, it appears so.sooo, one enumerated right is not as enumerated as another. Gotcha. effing moronic bastage