MO: Efforts to Improve Security on MetroLink Move Forward, but Slowly

Amid all the recent talk about a proposed $1.4 billion Northside-Southside MetroLink line, Lee Williams says local leaders first need to deal with crime on the existing light-rail system.

Responding to concerns of riders, local elected leaders say they have made dealing with crime on MetroLink a priority. But nine months after announcing a “memorandum of understanding” aimed at boosting security on the transit system, that effort remains a work in progress.

Police agencies in St. Louis, St. Louis County and St. Clair County say they have stepped up enforcement on MetroLink and are cooperating more following a spate of high-profile incidents of violence last year.

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