Facial recognition coming to LA transit after passenger fatally stabbed

LOS ANGELES, CA, JAN 31, 2024: view along platform and Metrolink train, waiting at Union Station in Downtown

Transit officials in Los Angeles have declared a public safety emergency over the stabbing of a 66-year-old woman in the city’s Metro transit system, and are planning to deploy facial recognition tools to help identify repeat offenders and deter violent crime, according to reports from the Los Angeles Times and Los Angeles Daily News.

Beatings, stabbings and other violent incidents have been rising on L.A.’s public buses and trains, including four attacks in April.

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