Union Pacific Railroad Police
Union Pacific Railroad Police Employee / Public Safety Cargo Protection Asset Protection Response to Critical Incidents
Commissioned State Peace Officers F d l Authority Federal A th it Can Work State-to-State on Temporary Basis
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UP Police – Public Safety 3 Regions g – North,, South and West o One Regional Public Safety Manager per Region o One Division Public Safety Officer per Division (11 Divisions) oThe Regional Public Safety Manager keeps in regular contact with the Division Public Safety Officers on several public safety related issues including, c ud g, but not ot limited ted to: to o Locations of Grade Crossing Incidents and Trespass Incidents o Highest reporting areas for Unsafe Motorist and Pedestrian reports o Locations of Trespasser Calls for Service through RMCC RMCC. This includes Trespasser on the ROW, Trespasser within a Yard, Trespasser at a Critical Infrastructure Location, Trespasser on a Train, etc. o Locations of Broken Crossing g Gates and Vehicles Stuck on the Tracks oSharing Office Knowledge from Office to Division to Region oBased on the above data, proactive enforcement is planned. UP CARES or Trespass Enforcement Operations (TEOs) (TEOs).
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Crossing Collisions & Trespasser Incidents Year over Year (2006 – 2013) Crossing Collisions reduced by 7% over 2012 2014 goal = 351 incidents
Trespass Incidents grew .5% 2014 Goal is 161
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System Trespasser Graph since 2002 (Through Org Level 2)
(Current Year Is Year To Date)
Incident Year 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
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Incident Count 265 275 242 225 287 214 196 138 146 134 170 167
Fatalities 147 138 119 98 123 89 77 53 59 60 71 71
Trespass Suicide Injury and Fatality Counts
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Grade Crossing Incidents YTD (5/12/14)
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Trespasser Incidents YTD (5/12/14)
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The UP CALL CENTER - RMCC • Our Employees Are Our Eyes and Ears! • Report What You Can! • We Can NEVER be TOO BUSY for SAFETY! • Make Unsafe Motorist Reporting a Part of Your Daily Safety Briefing
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Where Do We Get the Data for Planned Operations? 10
FRA CROSSING DATA
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FRA WBAPS (Accident Prediction)
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FRA WBAPS Results
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Union Pacific Has Its Own Predictive Analysis Union Pacific Railroad. IN-HOUSE DATA
Union Pacific Captures a Variety of Data for the Purpose of Predictive Analysis. •Incidents •Short Stage Crossings •Foreign F i Line Li Incidents I id t •Broken Crossing Gate Reports •Reports of Unsafe Motorists and Pedestrians g •Blocked Crossings •Vehicles Stuck on the Tracks •And more……
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How does UPPD work to reduce injuries and fatalities on the right-of-way? Our goal is always to reduce crossing and trespass incidents on the ROW. Ultimate goal is zero. Police Public Safety is Completed in a Variety of Ways: •Routine Patrol (ROW, (ROW Yards, Yards Compounds) •Zero Tolerance •Education through Contacts •Spot Spot Enforcement (Traffic and Trespass) •Planned Enforcement – UP CARES and Trespass Operations •Inspections of Critical Assets •Inspections of Critical Infrastructures •Inspections of TIH Loads and Hazmat Loads Planned Enforcement Operations are based on Police Division “In-House” Knowledge , the Data or a combination of both. 15
UPPD P Police li O Operations ti Year-to-Date Y t D t (As of 05/12/2014)
UP CARES Grade Crossing Reduction Operations – 260 Trespass Enforcement Operations – 549 Traffic Citations- 2380 Trespass Arrests and Misdemeanor Citations- 1303 Trespass Contacts – 9875
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In-House Unsafe Motorist Reporting • Union Pacific Police • Government Affairs • Media Relations • Engineering • Service Units/Operations • Network Planning • Public Safety • Law Department 17
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Unsafe Motorist/Pedestrian Reports ReportsSometimes called “Near Miss” Reports
What do y you do with it??? 19
What Union Pacific Police does with Unsafe Motorist and Pedestrian Reporting. Know Your Data and report it to the Police Divisions Plan UP CARES Operations based on the data Plan Trespass Enforcement Operations based on the Pedestrian data Discuss with Service Units and during all Public Safety SU conference calls Communicate with Signal Department at crossings with high numbers Communicate with Managers of Operating Practices Communicate with Engineering – Vegetation Control Communicate with Safety Department Public Safety Manager Evaluate Pedestrian Data for Public Safety Fencing Compare Unsafe Data to other Data. Where does it match in high reporting? Use for Major Projects including Grade Separation – Nogales in So Calif. Communicate with local cities and counties to improve advanced warning And And more……
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Grade Crossing Enforcement Programs UP CARES
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Trespasser Enforcement Operations (TEOs)
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Data for Trespass Enforcement Operations Unsafe Pedestrian Reporting T Trespasser on the th ROW Reports R t Trespasser within a Yard Trespasser Near Critical Assets Trespasser on a Train Locations of Trespasser Injuries on the ROW Locations of Trespasser Fatalities on the ROW Locations of Incidents Involving Foreign Trains
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Trespassers and Illegal Camping Trespassers p in 2013 • SACRAMENTO 426 Trespassers Removed • ESTIMATE 75% off the th contacts were homeless • ESTIMATE 150 were found living on the ROW and were removed
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UP Police Partnership with UP Safety Department p and Operation p Lifesaver •**Increased public education at Homeless Shelters, Food Kitchens and Missions •Maintain education in the schools •Continue Public Safety outreach and special events •Continue UP CARES “Public Safety” special train events •Continue Service Unit Public Safety calls that include OL’s input and assistance •Involve UP Staff in OL Presentations and work to increase their involvement with OL. •Much M h more…..
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Public Safety Communication with Engineering – Vegetation g Control • ROW Before
• ROW After
Reducing homeless encampments on the ROW will reduce your Trespass Fatalities and Injury Reporting. Work with OL at your local shelters, food kitchens and missions.
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Western Region Fencing Projects • 7 Years • 9 States • 107 Fence Projects • 79 Projects Completed in C lif California i ( 25 on th the Fresno Subdivision) • UPPD • Additional Outside Funding CCJPA & ACE
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Davis CA & Berkeley CA
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Richmond Fence Project 85% Reduction in Incidents 2 Years Before Placement
2 Years After Placement
• Trespasser contacts
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• Trespasser contacts
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• Train Vs pedestrian
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• Train Vs pedestrian
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• Burglary
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• Burglary
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• Track Vandalism
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• Track Vandalism
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• Stoning of Trains
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• Stoning of Trains
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GCCI Grade Crossing g Collision Investigation g CVC12953. In any y circumstances involving accidents or violations in which the engineer or any other crewmember of any train is detained by state or local police police, the engineer or any other crew member shall not be required to furnish a motor vehicle operator's license, nor shall any citation involving the operation of a train be issued against the motor vehicle operator's license of the engineer or any other crew member of the train.
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Questions?
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Commissioned State Peace Officers F d l Authority Federal A th it Can Work State-to-State on Temporary Basis
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UP Police – Public Safety 3 Regions g – North,, South and West o One Regional Public Safety Manager per Region o One Division Public Safety Officer per Division (11 Divisions) oThe Regional Public Safety Manager keeps in regular contact with the Division Public Safety Officers on several public safety related issues including, c ud g, but not ot limited ted to: to o Locations of Grade Crossing Incidents and Trespass Incidents o Highest reporting areas for Unsafe Motorist and Pedestrian reports o Locations of Trespasser Calls for Service through RMCC RMCC. This includes Trespasser on the ROW, Trespasser within a Yard, Trespasser at a Critical Infrastructure Location, Trespasser on a Train, etc. o Locations of Broken Crossing g Gates and Vehicles Stuck on the Tracks oSharing Office Knowledge from Office to Division to Region oBased on the above data, proactive enforcement is planned. UP CARES or Trespass Enforcement Operations (TEOs) (TEOs).
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Crossing Collisions & Trespasser Incidents Year over Year (2006 – 2013) Crossing Collisions reduced by 7% over 2012 2014 goal = 351 incidents
Trespass Incidents grew .5% 2014 Goal is 161
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System Trespasser Graph since 2002 (Through Org Level 2)
(Current Year Is Year To Date)
Incident Year 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
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Incident Count 265 275 242 225 287 214 196 138 146 134 170 167
Fatalities 147 138 119 98 123 89 77 53 59 60 71 71
Trespass Suicide Injury and Fatality Counts
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Grade Crossing Incidents YTD (5/12/14)
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Trespasser Incidents YTD (5/12/14)
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The UP CALL CENTER - RMCC • Our Employees Are Our Eyes and Ears! • Report What You Can! • We Can NEVER be TOO BUSY for SAFETY! • Make Unsafe Motorist Reporting a Part of Your Daily Safety Briefing
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Where Do We Get the Data for Planned Operations? 10
FRA CROSSING DATA
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FRA WBAPS (Accident Prediction)
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FRA WBAPS Results
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Union Pacific Has Its Own Predictive Analysis Union Pacific Railroad. IN-HOUSE DATA
Union Pacific Captures a Variety of Data for the Purpose of Predictive Analysis. •Incidents •Short Stage Crossings •Foreign F i Line Li Incidents I id t •Broken Crossing Gate Reports •Reports of Unsafe Motorists and Pedestrians g •Blocked Crossings •Vehicles Stuck on the Tracks •And more……
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How does UPPD work to reduce injuries and fatalities on the right-of-way? Our goal is always to reduce crossing and trespass incidents on the ROW. Ultimate goal is zero. Police Public Safety is Completed in a Variety of Ways: •Routine Patrol (ROW, (ROW Yards, Yards Compounds) •Zero Tolerance •Education through Contacts •Spot Spot Enforcement (Traffic and Trespass) •Planned Enforcement – UP CARES and Trespass Operations •Inspections of Critical Assets •Inspections of Critical Infrastructures •Inspections of TIH Loads and Hazmat Loads Planned Enforcement Operations are based on Police Division “In-House” Knowledge , the Data or a combination of both. 15
UPPD P Police li O Operations ti Year-to-Date Y t D t (As of 05/12/2014)
UP CARES Grade Crossing Reduction Operations – 260 Trespass Enforcement Operations – 549 Traffic Citations- 2380 Trespass Arrests and Misdemeanor Citations- 1303 Trespass Contacts – 9875
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In-House Unsafe Motorist Reporting • Union Pacific Police • Government Affairs • Media Relations • Engineering • Service Units/Operations • Network Planning • Public Safety • Law Department 17
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Unsafe Motorist/Pedestrian Reports ReportsSometimes called “Near Miss” Reports
What do y you do with it??? 19
What Union Pacific Police does with Unsafe Motorist and Pedestrian Reporting. Know Your Data and report it to the Police Divisions Plan UP CARES Operations based on the data Plan Trespass Enforcement Operations based on the Pedestrian data Discuss with Service Units and during all Public Safety SU conference calls Communicate with Signal Department at crossings with high numbers Communicate with Managers of Operating Practices Communicate with Engineering – Vegetation Control Communicate with Safety Department Public Safety Manager Evaluate Pedestrian Data for Public Safety Fencing Compare Unsafe Data to other Data. Where does it match in high reporting? Use for Major Projects including Grade Separation – Nogales in So Calif. Communicate with local cities and counties to improve advanced warning And And more……
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Grade Crossing Enforcement Programs UP CARES
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Trespasser Enforcement Operations (TEOs)
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Data for Trespass Enforcement Operations Unsafe Pedestrian Reporting T Trespasser on the th ROW Reports R t Trespasser within a Yard Trespasser Near Critical Assets Trespasser on a Train Locations of Trespasser Injuries on the ROW Locations of Trespasser Fatalities on the ROW Locations of Incidents Involving Foreign Trains
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Trespassers and Illegal Camping Trespassers p in 2013 • SACRAMENTO 426 Trespassers Removed • ESTIMATE 75% off the th contacts were homeless • ESTIMATE 150 were found living on the ROW and were removed
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UP Police Partnership with UP Safety Department p and Operation p Lifesaver •**Increased public education at Homeless Shelters, Food Kitchens and Missions •Maintain education in the schools •Continue Public Safety outreach and special events •Continue UP CARES “Public Safety” special train events •Continue Service Unit Public Safety calls that include OL’s input and assistance •Involve UP Staff in OL Presentations and work to increase their involvement with OL. •Much M h more…..
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Public Safety Communication with Engineering – Vegetation g Control • ROW Before
• ROW After
Reducing homeless encampments on the ROW will reduce your Trespass Fatalities and Injury Reporting. Work with OL at your local shelters, food kitchens and missions.
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Western Region Fencing Projects • 7 Years • 9 States • 107 Fence Projects • 79 Projects Completed in C lif California i ( 25 on th the Fresno Subdivision) • UPPD • Additional Outside Funding CCJPA & ACE
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Davis CA & Berkeley CA
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Richmond Fence Project 85% Reduction in Incidents 2 Years Before Placement
2 Years After Placement
• Trespasser contacts
123
• Trespasser contacts
18
• Train Vs pedestrian
6
• Train Vs pedestrian
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• Burglary
8
• Burglary
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• Track Vandalism
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• Track Vandalism
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• Stoning of Trains
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• Stoning of Trains
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GCCI Grade Crossing g Collision Investigation g CVC12953. In any y circumstances involving accidents or violations in which the engineer or any other crewmember of any train is detained by state or local police police, the engineer or any other crew member shall not be required to furnish a motor vehicle operator's license, nor shall any citation involving the operation of a train be issued against the motor vehicle operator's license of the engineer or any other crew member of the train.
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Questions?
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