Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
regional • 2026-03-11 • 04:00 PM
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TRANSIT SECURITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE Wednesday, March 11, 2026 4:00 PM The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) Transit Security Advisory Committee Workshop will be held at VTA Administrative Offices, Conference Room B-104, 3331 N. First Street, San José, California, 95134. The meeting will be streamed through Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84866836584 The meeting can be accessed through Call in (one-tap): 16694449171, 848 6683 6584# or 16699009128, 848 6683 6584# Call in (telephone): +1 669 444 9171 or +1 669 900 9128 Webinar ID: 848 6683 6584 AGENDA COMMITTEE MISSION STATEMENT: Offer valuable and thoughtful community perspectives on security and law enforcement to VTA staff as they develop programs and initiatives to protect employees and passengers from assault, harassment, threats, and other disturbances specific to public transportation. CALL TO ORDER 1. ROLL CALL 2. ORDERS OF THE DAY 3. PUBLIC COMMENT: This portion of the agenda is reserved for persons desiring to address the Committee on any matter not on the agenda. Speakers are limited to 2 minutes . The law does not permit Committee action or extended discussion on any item not on the agenda except under special circumstances. If Committee action is requested, the matter can be placed on a subsequent agenda. All statements that require a response will be referred to staff for a written reply. CONSENT AGENDA 4. ACTION ITEM – Receive and file the TSAC Regular Meeting Minutes of February 11, 2026. 5. INFORMATION ITEM – Review the Crime Statistics report for the past month. Transit Security Advisory Committee March 11, 2026 REGULAR AGENDA 6. INFORMATION ITEM – Update on the February 19, 2026, SSTPO Meeting TSAC Update. (Singh) 7. INFORMATION ITEM – Update on February 13 & 23, 2026, meetings with BART Police regarding implementation and administration of Prohibition Orders and attendance at February 24, 2026, BART TSAC meeting. (Vogel) 8. INFORMATION ITEM – Discuss potential “Progressive” Security recommendation: hiring 1-2 on call resource officers who can support STOs. (Dunham) 9. INFORMATION ITEM – Update on progress for incorporating Suicide Prevention Training into STO Academy curriculum as part of Mental Health training recommendations. (Forward and Henry) 10. INFORMATION ITEM – Review and discussion on updates to Customer Code of Conduct, Updates to Ordinance No. 98.1 Section 4. (Vogel) 11. ACTION ITEM – Vote on update to Customer Code of Conduct, drafted into VTA Ordinance 98.1 Section 4. 12. INFORMATION ITEM – Update on STO hiring, Academy and Field Training. (STO Academy staff) 13. INFORMATION ITEM – Schedule Ad Hoc committee proposed Prohibition Order Structure for April Meeting Vote. 14. ACTION ITEM – Appoint committee for recruitment for open committee seats, Youth Advocate and At Large members. (Singh) OTHER ITEMS 15. TSAC COMMITTEE MEMBERS’ FEEDBACK – Facilitators r eceive 15-minute feedback and discussion from TSAC members. Discuss articles sent out via email. (Facilitators) 16. ANNOUNCEMENTS TSAC update to Board moved to April 2, 2026, meeting because of a full schedule in March. Safety & Security will present Ordinance 98.1 to SSTPO on April 16, 2026, and to the Board on May 7, 2026 (and possibly June 4, 2026) 17. ADJOURN Page 2 Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority Transit Security Advisory Committee March 11, 2026 Page 3 The public may provide comments to the committee meeting as follows: 1. It is encouraged that written public comments be submitted by email by 1:00 p.m. on March 11, 2026, to Lucie.Vogel@vta.org. The comments will be distributed to the committee members and posted on the VTA website as soon as possible. 2. Verbal public comments will be accepted through video/teleconference and in-person meeting. 3. In-person attendees who wish to address the committee on any item on the agenda or under the committee’s jurisdiction are encouraged to complete …(truncated preview)
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What happened Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (2026-03-11 04:00 PM): TRANSIT SECURITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE Wednesday, March 11, 2026 4:00 PM The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) Transit Security Advisory Committee Workshop will be held at VTA Administrative Offices, Conference Room B-104, 3331 N. First Street, San José, California, 95134 Key decisions INFORMATION ITEM – Review and discussion on updates to Customer Code of Conduct, Updates to Ordinance No. ACTION ITEM – Vote on update to Customer Code of Conduct, drafted into VTA Ordinance 98.1 Section 4 What matters to the public TRANSIT SECURITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE Wednesday, March 11, 2026 4:00 PM The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) Transit Security Advisory Committee Workshop will be held at VTA Administrative Offices, Conference Room B-104, 3331 N. The meeting will be streamed through Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84866836584 The meeting can be accessed through Call in (one-tap): 16694449171, 848 6683 6584# or 166990091... Topics covered - Housing and land use - Budget and finance - Transportation and infrastructure - Public safety - Health and social services Notable people / organizations - TRANSIT SECURITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE Wednesday - PM The Santa Clara Valley Transportation - Transit Security Advisory Committee Workshop - VTA Administrative Offices Next steps INFORMATION ITEM – Update on February 13 & 23, 2026, meetings with BART Police regarding implementation and administration of Prohibition Orders and attendance at February 24, 2026, BART TSAC meeting. Next point of instruction includes information from DA, get assistant DA to come in and do a mock run through of what enforcement looks like, with hearings or what they need to perform
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