WALNUT CREEK, California. – After recent attacks on or near BART trains, there are calls to get crime under control with a renewed call to send highway patrol officers even as BART leaders say they have it under control.

It’s unclear how plausible the California Highway Patrol’s plan is, but Bay Area Council and other AAPI organizers are impressed by the CHP’s deployment in Oakland, where hundreds of arrests have been made.

Those groups are concerned that crime on BART trains is becoming violent and vicious and cite recent attacks, including one earlier this month in which a man is accused of slitting a woman’s throat at 24th and Mission streets.

There was another attack in July, in which police said a man pushed a woman onto an arriving train at San Francisco’s Powell Station.

Most recently, police reported a fatal stabbing on Market Street near the Embarcadero Station, even though the stabbing didn’t happen at BART.

“We must take strong, decisive and immediate action to ensure that violent and other crimes are not tolerated on BART, especially crimes targeting Asian Americans, women, seniors and other vulnerable communities,” Jim Wunderman, President and CEO of Bay Area Council. said in a statement. “There must be zero tolerance for crime on BART. We know that a large number of riders stay away from BART in large part because of deep concerns about the lack of safety and security they feel on trains and in stations. With bold and immediate action, the governor. Newsom can help restore public confidence in the BART system and help bring riders back.”

BART spokesman Jim Allison responded to those calls by saying they would welcome CHP help and suggested the Bay Area Council try to help recruit more police officers.

But BART leaders also claimed that crime is down 12 percent and violent crime is down 6 percent from last year.

The number of travelers is also increasing.

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office also responded to that request, saying the state has sent BART hundreds of millions of dollars to support and fight crime.

However, Newsom’s office said BART is governed by its own board of directors and protected by its own police department, which is not the responsibility of the state.