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From page 49... ... TCRP LRD 58 49 A "risk-based" security program "should reflect the environment in which the system operates."702 Consequently, "[l] arger, multi-model systems with large fleets and multiple facilities require a strategic security strategy that comprehensively addresses all elements of the system."703 A data-driven methodology is essential because the data are used to "address the risk and provide protection and mitigations to transit employees, passengers, the public and the infrastructure."704 Effective security is multi- faceted and includes "the ability to deter, delay, detect, respond, and recover" with an emphasis on the facets' "redundancy."705 Best practices may be identified through the application of CPTED principles to "evaluate environmental conditions and utilize intervention methods to control human/criminal behavior to reduce the perception and/or fear of crime."706 As stated, CPTED-strategies rely on the use of "natural surveillance, natural access control, territorial reinforcement, and maintenance."707 Essential factors, such as "knowledge of the behavior of people, crime generators, the physical environment, and the space of an area," are used in "the project planning and design stages, implemented in construction, and maintained during operations."708 Recommended best practices include the use of technology that is intended specifically to enhance security, such as closedcircuit television (CCTV) Read the entire page →
From page 50... ... 50 TCRP LRD 58 fare."721 The SOP discusses enforcement techniques to prevent fare evasion.722 2. Use of Fare Enforcement Officers For many public transportation authorities, police departments conduct fare enforcement, such as the NYPD in MTA stations in New York, the Metro Transit Police Department for WMATA, and the MBTA Transit Police Department in Boston.723 However, some public transportation authorities prefer to use Fare Enforcement Officers (FEO) Read the entire page →

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... TCRP LRD 58 49 A "risk-based" security program "should reflect the environment in which the system operates."702 Consequently, "[l] arger, multi-model systems with large fleets and multiple facilities require a strategic security strategy that comprehensively addresses all elements of the system."703 A data-driven methodology is essential because the data are used to "address the risk and provide protection and mitigations to transit employees, passengers, the public and the infrastructure."704 Effective security is multi- faceted and includes "the ability to deter, delay, detect, respond, and recover" with an emphasis on the facets' "redundancy."705 Best practices may be identified through the application of CPTED principles to "evaluate environmental conditions and utilize intervention methods to control human/criminal behavior to reduce the perception and/or fear of crime."706 As stated, CPTED-strategies rely on the use of "natural surveillance, natural access control, territorial reinforcement, and maintenance."707 Essential factors, such as "knowledge of the behavior of people, crime generators, the physical environment, and the space of an area," are used in "the project planning and design stages, implemented in construction, and maintained during operations."708 Recommended best practices include the use of technology that is intended specifically to enhance security, such as closedcircuit television (CCTV)

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... 50 TCRP LRD 58 fare."721 The SOP discusses enforcement techniques to prevent fare evasion.722 2. Use of Fare Enforcement Officers For many public transportation authorities, police departments conduct fare enforcement, such as the NYPD in MTA stations in New York, the Metro Transit Police Department for WMATA, and the MBTA Transit Police Department in Boston.723 However, some public transportation authorities prefer to use Fare Enforcement Officers (FEO)

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