When Capital Metro bus operators and supervisors arrived at work Wednesday morning, they found a composite sketch of a sexual assault suspect in their mailbox. Our operators are our eyes and ears on the streets, said Security Manager Pam Rivera. If they see anything suspicious, they ll let us know. Austin police are asking the public to help find a suspect possibly linked to three sexual assaults and two indecency with a child cases over the past four years.
Police say they alleged assaults happened at or near Capital Metro bus stops.
The minute Capital Metro was notified, officials sent security officers and supervisors to two area transfer centers and one bus stop to notify passengers of the search and handout composite sketches of the suspect. We re planning to keep the effort going at least through the end of the week then see where we go from there, said Rivera. We want our passengers to know they re safe. They ll see Austin police officers, working for us, at various stops handing out sketches of the suspect especially during heavy travel times. Passengers likely won t notice plain-clothes officers who have been assigned to the case.