Light Rail Crime

Trimet’s latest MAX light rail line opened Sept 12, 2009. The Southern terminus is at the Clackamas Town Center in Clackamas county.

The Clackamas County Sherriff’s Office compared the crimes before and after the line’s opening. They compared a 5 month period beginning on opening day with the same five month period one year earlier and found a 32% increase in reported crimes and a 56% increase in calls for police service.

Here are the results:

Audio & Video of the Sheriff describing light rail crime

Light Rail Opens, Crime Increases 32%!

KATU-TV KOIN-TV KGW-TV

Police Officer Assaulted on MAX

The MAX has been a living nightmare for us

"The MAX has been a living nightmare for us," Preston said. "I would not ride it at night --and I'm armed all the time. There are massive fights, guns displayed, stabbings, people being threatened and bullied." September 20, 2007 | Oregonian, The (Portland, OR)

Author/Byline: Edward Hershey; Special to The Oregonian | Page: 05 | Section: Metro

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These Ortem.org pages list many more reasons to fear crime on MAX

http://ortem.org/crime/index.html

http://www.ortem.org/crime/

http://www.ortem.org/crime/1989/

http://www.ortem.org/crime/1990/

http://www.ortem.org/crime/1991/

http://www.ortem.org/crime/1999/

http://www.ortem.org/crime/2000/