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US. ROBERTS LOVED TO FISH
AND HE WILL BE GREATLY
MISSED.
A NEW STATE LAW ALLOWS BART
POLICE TO BAN RIDERS WHO
COMMIT CERTAIN TYPES OF
CRIMES ON THEIR PROPERTY.
EXPLAINS HOW IT WORKS.
>> MAUREEN KELLY:
WE'VE HAD ASSAULTS WE'VE
HAD PHYSICAL VIOLENCE,
VERBAL VIOLENCE, THREATS OF
KILLING, DOG BITES
STATION AGENTS AND OTHER
BART EMPLOYEES TAKEN A LOT
OF GRIEF OVER THE YEARS.AND
BEFORE THIS NEW LAW.BART
POLICE WOULD HAVE TO WORK
WITH DISTRICT ATTORNEYS IN
THE FOUR DIFFERENT COUNTIES
GET STAY AWAY ORDERS ISSUED
FOR OFFENDERS.HERE IS A
BOOK OF 130 PEOPLE WHO ARE
CURRENTLY BANNED.FOR ACTS
OF VIOLENCE AND OTHER
CRIMES.BUT THAT PROCESS
COULD TAKE MONTHS AND IN
SOME CASES THE CRIMINALS.IF
THEY WERE OUT ON BAIL COULD
COME BACK.
THE NEW LAW WILL ALLOW BART
POLICE TO ISSUE THEIR OWN
PROHIBITION ORDERS.IN SOME
CASES BEFORE WAITING FOR A
CONVICTION.
FASTER.
BART POLICE CHIEF KENTON
RAINEY SAYS THE NEW LAW
DOESN'T JUST HELP KEEP
THEIR EMPLOYEES SAFE.BUT
RIDERS AS WELL.
BECAUSE IT COULD BE USED
AGAINST PEOPLE USING
VIOLENCE WHILE COMMITTING A
CELL PHONE ROBBERY OR A
PURSE SNATCHING.ON A TRAIN
OR BART PROPERTY.
IN ADDITION TO BEING BANNED
FOR VIOLENCE OR THREATS OF
VIOLENCE PEOPLE CAN ALSO BE
KEPT AWAY FOR THE SYSTEM
AFTER BEING ARRESTED FOR
LEWD OR LASCIVIOUS
BEHAVIOR, AND SELLING DRUGS.
PEOPLE CITED FOR MORE MINOR
NUISANCE BEHAVIOR CAN ALSO
KIT A NEW WAY TO GET
AROUND.IF THEY ARE CITED AT
LEAST THREE TIMES WITHIN 90
DAYS.FOR THINGS LIKE UNRULY
BEHAVIOR, URINATING OR
DEFECATING IN A TRAIN OR
STATION, OR VANDALISM.
KEEP OFFENDERS AWAY FROM
JUST ONE STATION OR THE
ENTIRE SYSTEM.FOR AS LITTLE