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Riders and advocates urge Detroit to review private security, metal detectors at transit centers
Summary
Multiple riders and transit advocates told the Public Health & Safety committee that private security screening and new metal detectors at Rosa Parks and Jason Hargrove transit centers have barred people from sitting indoors, deter riders and risk civil-rights harms; councilmembers said they will raise the issue with DDOT and pursue follow-up.
Multiple riders and transit advocates told the Detroit City Council Public Health & Safety standing committee on June 16 that recent security changes at the city’s Rosa Parks and Jason Hargrove transit centers are creating barriers for riders and may be harming vulnerable passengers.
Michael Cunningham, who spoke in person, urged the council to “send somebody down there without a badge on and try to take a seat inside and see what happens,” saying that since metal detectors were installed people have been told they cannot sit inside the indoor waiting areas. Joel Batterman, campaigns manager for Transportation Riders United, said private security…
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