"Palo Alto City Council on Monday (Feb. 23) will consider hiring security guards to watch the Caltrain tracks 24/7 in an effort to prevent teen suicides. Orion Security would provide four security guards - one for each crossing in Palo Alto - plus two "rover" security guards to relieve them for breaks. The one-year, $1.7 million contract with Orion Security would be split between the city and the Palo Alto Unified School District."
"The security guards would replace volunteers who have been watching the tracks over the past several months, police Chief Andrew Binder said in a report for council. "The individuals are intended to be a high visibility presence to observe and report activity around their post," Binder said. The city has hired security guards for railroad crossings twice before - from January 2010 to June 2011 and from July 2016 to June 2018."
Palo Alto City Council will consider hiring Orion Security to station guards at four Caltrain crossings 24/7 to help prevent teen suicides. Orion Security would supply four crossing guards and two rover guards under a one-year, $1.7 million contract funded jointly by the city and the Palo Alto Unified School District. The guards would replace volunteers and serve as high-visibility observers to report activity around their posts. The city previously hired crossing guards in 2010–2011 and 2016–2018 and purchased a $1.5 million electronic detection system in 2018 that costs $300,000 per year. Caltrain recorded 54 track deaths since January 2022, including three Palo Alto students.
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