As King County Metro and Sound Transit work to make public transit safer for riders while they expand their reaches, KIRO 7 is investigating physical assaults on both passengers and employees.

Like its predecessor "COPS," the show gives viewers insight into the day-to-day duties of a patrol officer, from an overdose to a stolen vehicle.

Among those honored were Washington State Trooper Christopher Gadd, who was killed in the line of duty, and Metro bus driver Shawn Yim. The ceremony paid tribute to countless others who put their ...

King County Metro has focused on improving safety since the murder of bus driver Shawn Yim in December and several shootings on buses, some of them deadly, in the past few years. But Sound Transit ...