Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna showcased his department’s new inmate transport bus, a 2024 Motor Coach Industries vehicle, at a press conference on Thursday, Dec. 19, and he described the situation with the old fleet of badly aging transport buses “very difficult.”
He thanked the Board of Supervisors for the “first new buses in eight years” at a cost of $21 million for 20 buses, and he urged the media to take a look at the old buses to understand how bad the situation had become. He showed off the first bus to arrive, which will be followed with another 19 new buses delivered about every two weeks “until the order is complete.”
Los Angeles Sheriff’s Deputy Jose Pineda, who transports inmates, walks past the first of 20 new inmate transport buses the LASD will receive to replace broken buses at Men’s Central Jail bus yard in Los Angeles on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024. The bus is equipped to transport up to 48 inmates at a time. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Los Angeles Assistant Sheriff Gerardo Pinedo checks out the first of 20 new inmate transport buses the LASD will receive to replace broken buses at Men’s Central Jail bus yard in Los Angeles on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024. The bus is equipped to transport up to 48 inmates at a time. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Pepé Cueva, of City Terrace Towing, loads a Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department transport bus with engine troubles at Men’s Central Jail bus yard in Los Angeles on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024. LASD received the first of 20 new inmate transport buses the department will receive to replace broken buses. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Los Angeles Sheriff’s Deputy Jose Pineda, who transports inmates, shows the first of 20 new inmate transport buses the LASD will receive to replace broken buses at Men’s Central Jail bus yard in Los Angeles on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024. The bus is equipped to transport up to 48 inmates at a time. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Show Caption1 of 4Los Angeles Sheriff’s Deputy Jose Pineda, who transports inmates, walks past the first of 20 new inmate transport buses the LASD will receive to replace broken buses at Men’s Central Jail bus yard in Los Angeles on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024. The bus is equipped to transport up to 48 inmates at a time. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
ExpandLuna said he’d heard from judges who said inmates arrived at court too late for their scheduled appearances because the inmate transport buses broke down or weren’t available.
The Sheriff Department’s Court Services Transportation Bureau, which transports people in custody to and from more than 90 state and county facilities, has faced a severe shortage of buses, which added to the problem of the often breakdowns of the aging buses.
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Luna said he hopes the new buses will help to deal with the significant safety concerns and operational issues with the old bus fleet.
On Thursday, the same day that Luna announced the arrival of the very first new bus, City Terrace Towing loaded up a bus with engine troubles at the Men’s Central Jail bus yard and hauled it away.
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