A Los Angeles man was caught on video exposing himself on a subway train, and authorities reportedly did nothing about it when contacted by other passengers.
The video of the man appearing to inappropriately expose himself and touch himself on a Los Angeles Green Line subway was recorded by another man who says he dialed the Metro hotline twice to report it but was told nothing could be done. . KTTV-TV reported.
“[I told them] I have videos of this person, he wants the description, the person is probably still on the train,” the unidentified caller told KTTV-TV. “I am a daily commuter, I see this person all the time on this train. And they said no, the person is probably gone and there’s nothing we can do about it.”
The caller says he observed the man scanning the crowd for female passengers while his genitals were exposed.
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LA Metro reportedly told a concerned customer there was nothing they could do to stop a man from exposing himself on a train.
(KTTV-TV)
“This person is exposing himself, scanning the crowd, looking for female passengers, and then he starts touching himself and after a while he exposes himself,” the man said.
LA Metro issued a statement after the incident saying it is “disappointed” that it did not respond as quickly as it would have liked.
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LA Metro reportedly told a concerned customer there was nothing they could do to stop a man from exposing himself on a train.
(KTTV-TV)
“Nothing is more important to us than the safety and comfort of our customers, which is why we are unhappy whenever this type of illegal activity occurs on our system and disappointed when we don’t respond as quickly as we think is necessary, such as was the case here,” the statement said.
The statement added that the department is investigating the response to the caller’s report.
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“We are working closely with our law enforcement partners to improve our ability to respond to all illegal activity in the system and to make investments in the people and technologies necessary to improve our response times,” the department said.
