CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A new state audit shows cats spent $49 million dollars on security since 2022. The most recent contract is with Professional Police Services for $18 million dollars a year with space for 219 officers, but some riders don’t see the value.

“It’s just it’s not super safe. Especially with not them not checking the tickets,” Dee, Charlotte Resident said.

The state auditor took a closer look at security spending after Iryna Zarutska was stabbed to death on the Blue Line on August 22nd. The report shows the PSS doesn’t have the staff to have one guard on all 48 trains in the system at one time.

“You still see the people that are not supposed to be in the train, people with mentally ill problems on the train still,” a rider who didn’t want to share his name said.

The audit

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