Overview
- METRO is widening its METRONow partnership across buses, rail lines, platforms, and transit centers in coordination with HPD, the Harris County Sheriff’s Office, and Constable Precincts 1, 6, and 7.
- Riders will see more uniformed officers in high-ridership areas, building on late‑2025 deployments along the Red, Green, and Purple lines.
- A proposed three‑year, $49 million contract would raise unarmed guard staffing at transit centers from about 80 to 120, add roughly 1,000 weekly hours, and require higher Level‑3 state credentials.
- Between October 2024 and September 2025, METRO recorded 76.3 million boardings and 517 major crimes—about one per 147,513 boardings—with crimes against people down roughly 20% year over year.
- After last week’s fatal bus shooting, police identified and arrested two suspects within about 28 hours, crediting surveillance and interagency cooperation, and a new heat map shows incidents concentrated downtown along the Red Line.