INTER-OFFICE MEMORANDUM January 31, 2026
TO: Klarissa Pe?a, President, City Council
FROM: Timothy M. Keller, Mayor
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Q2 FY26 ABQ RIDE Quarterly Security Report with APD, ACS, and Metro Security Data
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The Transit Department was directed by O-22-47 to submit an executive communication each quarter containing security data from multiple security entities starting in July of 2024 for Q4 FY24. This report presents data from ABQ RIDE, Albuquerque Police Department (APD), Albuquerque Community Safety (ACS), and Albuquerque Metro Security. Report information includes Q2 FY26 statistics on calls for security service. Calls are categorized and documented by location (such as on the bus, at bus stops, on bus routes, and at transit facilities when available), by reporting entity and by incident type. All data has been verified by each department prior to submission.
Please note that in these reports, of ABQ RIDE's three safety partners, Metro Security is the only agency that provides 'by-route' data. In this quarterly report, due to a new data collection method, Metro Security cannot provide 'by-route' data for this report. They do plan to supply this data for the next quarterly report. Therefore, in this report, there is no 'by-route' data information included. The reason for the difficulty in collecting 'by-route' data for the agencies is that their data collection methods include corridors and parts of the city, but not bus routes. Per the Albuquerque Long-Range Transit Security plan by Parametrix, future data will be collected 'by-corridor.' With 'by-corridor' data, APD will be able to more strategically deploy its mobile units across Albuquerque with a proactive safety presence where the data shows a higher concentration of incidents.
The Transit Department is currently working with a consultant (Parametrix) to streamline and improve data collection across all security reporting departments and establi...
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