Union Pacific, DA's Office, LAPD Discuss Train Thefts

By CBSLA Staff, CBS Los Angeles:

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – A Los Angeles City Council committee Tuesday questioned Union Pacific Railroad, the Los Angeles Police Department and the District Attorney’s Office about package thefts from trains, which railroad officials say have started to decline in 2022 after increasing in the last six months of last year.

Councilman Joe Buscaino, who chairs the Trade, Travel and Tourism Committee, called the hearing as part of a motion he introduced requesting a report from the Chief Legislative Analyst on the thefts.

The councilman, who represents the area around the Port of Los Angeles, said he worried that the bad publicity about the thefts, including photos of the tracks littered with remnants of looted packages, could cause companies to divert their imports and exports from the port, the busiest in North America.

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