The transit agency went to court in support of the appointment of a state prosecutor for crime on its system.
SEPTA says it needs to fight crime on the transit system and a special state prosecutor could help. That’s why the transit agency is opposing District Attorney Larry Krasner’s legal challenge to a law mandating one.
The law, called Act 40, gives shared jurisdiction to the state and Krasner to investigate and prosecute crimes, SEPTA said in a statement.“SEPTA’s top priority is to improve safety, security and cleanliness on the system, and aligns with those efforts,” it said. A motion to make SEPTA a party to Krasner’s case was filed Tuesday with Commonwealth Court, an appellate panel that handles disputes regarding the actions and powers of the state. In it, the transit agency referred to Act 40 as creating a “new role to supplement” the district attorney.A high-stakes political dispute
The law takes aim at a district attorney elected twice by voters of the state’s most diverse city. And SEPTA has an urgent need to clean up the . In his budget address earlier this month, Shapiro proposed a boost in the state share of funding for public transportation by $282.8 million, which would generate about $160 million for SEPTA. But theargued in their filing
and Krasner’s office can’t show it has suffered harm. And it says the allegation the law disenfranchises voters lacks legal merit.Commonwealth Court has set a tentative date to hear the challenge for April 8. An earlier request for an injunction blocking the attorney general from implementing Act 40 was denied.
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