System Safety Division: This division has the responsibility to assure that safety and environmental hazards are identified, controlled or eliminated. In summary, these responsibilities are to ensure the highest degree of safety for METRO riders, employees and the public.

System Safety Engineering Unit: Responsible for conducting the annual internal safety audit to verify that all METRO departments are satisfactorily performing their assigned safety tasks and activities. The unit is also responsible for developing safety standards, procedures and specifications as required; analyzing and researching safety innovations and proposed changes to ensure that all operating practices, equipment, facilities, goods and services received for use on both bus and rail systems comply with METRO and industry standards.

Accident Data Analysis Unit:  This unit is responsible for maintaining an effective statistical surveillance over METRO bus and rail system public accident experiences.  

Transportation Safety Unit: Responsible for maintaining safety surveillance over METRO passenger facilities, vehicle operations and vehicle maintenance through inspections and pro‑active monitoring to identify unsafe or hazardous conditions before they result in accidents or passenger injuries. The unit also investigates employees’ accidents and accidents involving revenue service vehicles, injuries on duty and near misses, determines the causative factors of the accidents/incidents and develops corrective actions plans that prevent reoccurrences.

Environmental Compliance Unit:  Responsible for all aspects of environmental compliance related to METRO’s facilities, buses and the light rail system. The unit is responsible for general compliance related to air, water, waste, and spill response activities including permitting, waste disposal, regulatory submittals and remediation.