Public Safety

State, Local Law Enforcement Efforts Showing Progress on Crime, Safety image

State, Local Law Enforcement Efforts Showing Progress on Crime, Safety

There’s been some good news over the past two weeks on efforts to address crime and safety concerns in San Francisco and Oakland, an issue on whi...
Oakland Business Leaders Step Up to Help Address Crime, Safety Issues image

Oakland Business Leaders Step Up to Help Address Crime, Safety Issues

Four Bay Area Council member organizations, including Blue Shield of California, The Clorox Company, Kaiser Permanente and PG&E, last week anno...
Bay Area Council Members in Oakland Share Concerns, Solutions to Address Rampant Crime image

Bay Area Council Members in Oakland Share Concerns, Solutions to Address Rampant Crime

With crime in Oakland hitting crisis levels, the Bay Area Council on Monday (Feb. 5) convened member companies from the city to share what they’r...
Rampant Oakland Crime Prompts Companies to Take Extraordinary Safety Measures image

Rampant Oakland Crime Prompts Companies to Take Extraordinary Safety Measures

The news was bleak out of Oakland this week as residents and businesses are increasinglyfalling victim to growing crime. Bay Area Council members C...
BART Getting Busy with New, Secure Fare Gate Installation image

BART Getting Busy with New, Secure Fare Gate Installation

BART has begun rolling out prototypes of its new, more secure fare gates as part of its Safe and Clean Plan to address concerns about crime, safety...
Historic Investment in Fighting Retail Theft and Crime image

Historic Investment in Fighting Retail Theft and Crime

It seems like hardly a day goes by that some video goes viral on social media showing groups of criminals brazenly robbing local retail businesses ...
Council Applauds BART Vote to Oppose Bill Weakening Fare Evasion Penalties image

Council Applauds BART Vote to Oppose Bill Weakening Fare Evasion Penalties

The Bay Area Council this week applauded a 5-3 vote by the BART Board of Directors to oppose legislation that would weaken the&...
BART Takes Big Step to Increase Police on the System image

BART Takes Big Step to Increase Police on the System

This week the BART Board voted unanimously to instantly boost the salaries of their police in July by 21% in a bold statement to retain and attract...
Transit Safety Concerns Show Early Signs of Softening image

Transit Safety Concerns Show Early Signs of Softening

The most recent Return to Office Employer Surveyreveals that, while concerns about personal safety are still high, they are down to 71% “Som...
Council Partners with Law Enforcement on Recruitment Campaign to Address Critical Officer Shortage image

Council Partners with Law Enforcement on Recruitment Campaign to Address Critical Officer Shortage

On Thursday (March 30), the Bay Area Council hosted over 50 law enforcement personnel from 35 of region’s police and sheriff’s departments and ...
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