April - Caltrain

Monthly Safety and Security Report
April 2014
Safety Highlights
As Caltrain prepares to embark on the
San Mateo Bridges Replacement Project,
perspective contractors received an orientation
of the project in advance of the bidding process.
In addition to being under escort and wearing the
required personal protective gear, all personnel
were provided railroad worker safety awareness
training, along with an on-site safety briefing
prior to being permitted onto the right of way.
Following such protocols helps ensure events go
as planned and underscores how safety will be a
paramount expectation of Caltrain throughout
the course of the project.
Education
Rail Safety Presentations
Rail safety station outreach
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City
Attendees
Burlingame, San Mateo,
Redwood City, Menlo Park and
Palo Alto Caltrain Stations
500
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April 2014
Enforcement
APR
2014
YTD
2014
APR
2013
YTD
2013
Felony and Misdemeanor Arrests (all)
24
57
18
41
Parking Citations
231
1092
453
1610
Traffic Citations
39
116
24
73
All Other Infraction Citations (including trespassing)
65
222
48
177
Ejections/Contacts: Train, Station, Right of Way
118
269
39
102
Proof-of-Payment Citations
156
555
150
700
6
14
0
5
808
3149
840
2599
Event
Crisis Interventions w/ Emergency Commitments
Total Calls For Police Service
Significant Events
Apr. 1 – Apr. 30: During this period Transit Police continued several enforcement
measures in association with Caltrain’s special baseball service:
 Extra security details were assigned to the 4th and King Station in San Francisco.
One arrest was made for public intoxication and four minors were cited for
possession of alcohol.
Apr. 1 – Apr. 30: Transit Police responded to seven reports of intoxicated persons at
various Caltrain stations. In each instance, the person was arrested and booked into
county jail.
Apr. 1 – Apr. 30: Transit Police responded to three reports of persons trespassing on
the Caltrain right of way. In each instance, the person was cited and released.
Apr. 1 – Apr. 30: Transit Police received eight reports of bicycle thefts from various
Caltrain stations. The largest number of thefts (four) occurred at the Palo Alto Caltrain
Station.
Apr. 1 – Apr. 30: Transit Police conducting patrols of Caltrain stations arrested eight
persons on outstanding misdemeanor and felony warrants. In each instance, the
person was booked into county jail.
Apr. 3: Transit Police responded to the Tamien Caltrain Station in San Jose on a report
of an adult male experiencing hallucinations that were instructing him to commit suicide.
The subject was located, taken into protective custody, and transported to emergency
psychiatric care.
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Apr. 11: Transit Police responded to the Tamien Caltrain Station on a report of
vandalism. A substantial quantity of copper wire was stolen from a storage vault. Total
estimated damage and loss was $15,000.
Apr. 12: Transit Police responded to the Mountain View Caltrain Station on a report of
an adult female who called 911 from a pay phone at the station and threatened to kill
herself. The person was located, taken into protective custody, and transported to
emergency psychiatric care.
Apr. 20: Transit Police responded to the San Jose Diridon Caltrain Station on a report
of an adult male who had called 911 to report he was feeling depressed and suicidal.
The subject was located, taken into protective custody, and transported to emergency
psychiatric care.
Apr. 22: Transit Police responded to the right of way in San Mateo on a report of a
suicidal adult male. The subject was located, taken into protective custody, and
transported to emergency psychiatric care.
Apr. 25: Transit Police responded to the right of way in Mountain View on a report of an
adult male on the tracks, apparently intent on committing suicide. The subject was
located, taken into protective custody, and transported to emergency psychiatric care.
Apr. 27: Transit Police responded to the San Antonio Caltrain Station in Mountain View
on a report of an adult male who appeared to be intoxicated and suicidal. The subject
was located, taken into protective custody, and transported to emergency psychiatric
care.
Engineering
TASI Maintenance of Way Activities
Communications & Signal
 Constructed a new berm for employees to safely access the signal at CP Mack
(north of Tamien)
Tamping the Walkway Rock
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The finished product at CP Mack
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Installed the first Tri-Color LED Signal at Hendy (Sunnyvale) Set-out Track
Maintenance of Way

Placed 200 tons of ballast on the main line tracks

Surfaced 15,780 lineal feet of main line track along the corridor

Replaced 227 main line cross wood ties (68 percent of the annual goal)

Completed five Thermite Welds (122 percent of annual goal)

Continued right of way cleanup, tree trimming, fencing repairs and graffiti
removal at multiple locations including the west wall near Belmont Station, and
responded to TransitSafe complaints
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Stations & Facilities

Repainted passenger benches and monument signs at several stations including
Redwood City
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