Per their union, there were 170 reported assaults versus bus drivers in the Pond in 2022.
“I am not aware of any of those going to a prosecution on an assault charge. As far as I know, the DA's office has either dropped the charges or settled on a plea deal with a misdemeanor of 'interfering with public transportation,'” said one of the union's VPs.
Here, the criminal code got changed a few years ago to make it aggravating if your assault was against a transit employee. I'm not sure that it helped.
Posted by: Applican't | March 23, 2023 at 11:24 AM
Applican't,
Assaulting a bus driver is a felony, the District Attorney, refuses to prosecute those cases even though buses have video and those assaults are all captured.
Cheers,
RD
Posted by: RD | March 24, 2023 at 02:11 AM