CATS exclusion policy under scrutiny after banned rider accused in light rail stabbing

The Charlotte Area Transit System's ability to track and enforce bans is facing renewed scrutiny after a man prohibited from using CATS property allegedly stabbed another rider on the light rail Dec. 5.

Oscar Solarzano, who was on CATS' banned list, was aboard the rail line when he allegedly committed the attack, raising questions about how the transit agency monitors individuals barred from the system.

"We are experiencing a lot of violent attacks by riders who have recently been banned, and so therefore there's a pattern," said Nichel Dunlap-Thompson, a Mecklenburg County commissioner's appointment to the Public Transit Advisory Committee. "And what that means is the system that we have in place is not functioning properly."

CATS maintains an exclusion policy that outlines when and how individuals can be banned from buses, trains and transit property.

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