It runs its own police force to protect the tracks where breaches occur. The publicly traded company is worth $155 billion and reported record profits on Thursday. Union Pacific, based in Omaha and founded 160 years ago, oversees about 3,200 miles of railway in California. The break-ins provide a rare glimpse into a segment of America’s supply chain that relies on a private police system for security. Union Pacific has reported an alarming 160% increase since December 2020 in thefts along railroad tracks in L.A.
Newsom bags trash along railroad tracks littered with pilfered e-commerce “I can come out at night and there are trucks loading up. On Friday nights, he said, he regularly saw thieves prying open the hulking containers with tools to cut metal. Robert Vega, who lives nearby, said the thefts started about seven months ago as the police presence ebbed. Newsom used the backdrop to pitch his proposed budget, which would grant $255 million to local law enforcement over three years and create a unit that would focus on retail, auto and train theft. The company also deployed drones and is erecting fencing. County Sheriff’s Department to combat the thefts.
Union Pacific officials said they have been working with the LAPD, California Highway Patrol and the L.A. Thieves pilfering railroad cars is a crime that harks back to the days of horseback-riding bandits, but is fueled by a host of modern realities including homeless encampments and e-commerce. We are making an arrest and then we see a quarter of a mile down the track someone else taking merchandise.”Ĭalifornia ‘It’s ugly out there’: Rail thefts leave tracks littered with pilfered packages German Hurtado, who works in the Hollenbeck station covering Lincoln Heights. has six people patrolling,” said Los Angeles Police Capt. Union Pacific declined to say how many agents it has. Former employees and police say budgetary issues have slashed the ranks of the company’s force, leaving as few as half a dozen in the region. Under federal law, Union Pacific and other railroad companies can employ their own police force accredited by the state to protect tracks. You got a lot of different supply chain issues.” “There’s a backlog of getting trains back to the West Coast from the East Coast. “A train at rest is a train at risk,” said Keith Lewis, vice president of operations for CargoNet, a company that tracks cargo thefts. The supply chain congestion sometimes causes freight trains to sit idle, leaving them vulnerable to thieves in urban rail yards. Experts pointed out that with Southern California a global hub for cargo in this e-commerce age, train cars filled with valuable goods are crisscrossing hundreds of miles of track at all hours.
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