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The Metro Transit Police Department (MTPD) is the transit police agency of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), created by the WMATA Compact on June 4, 1976. [1] The MTPD is unique in U.S. law enforcement as it is the only U.S. police agency that has full police authority in relation to a multi-state metro system.
While the MPD is the primary law enforcement agency in the city, it shares its jurisdiction with the Transit Police, responsible for policing the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Metrorail and Metrobus systems; the United States Park Police, which provides law enforcement for the National Mall and all other National Park Service ...
WASHINGTON, DC — A week after a gunman fatally shot a Metro Transit employee and injured three others during a seemingly random shooting, Washington, D.C. officials announced a new...
Police say a Southeast man was charged in Wednesday's fatal shooting of a Metro Transit employee from Silver Spring; 3 others were injured. Michael O'Connell , Patch Staff
Congress established the Metro Transit Police Department (MTPD) on June 4, 1976. MTPD police officers have jurisdiction and arrest powers for crimes that occur throughout the 1,500-square-mile (3,900 km 2 ) Transit Zone that includes Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia.
WASHINGTON, DC — The Metro Transit Police Department apprehended a suspect Sunday in connection with a first-degree sexual assault at the Tenleytown Station platform, according to a post...
D.C. police are looking for a suspect they believe was involved in a deadly shooting Tuesday on the Anacostia Metro station platform. Mark Hand , Patch Staff Posted Thu, Feb 25, 2021 at 4:31 pm ET
Metro Transit Police Department (has jurisdiction in Metro rail and near Metro bus stops in DC, VA, and MD; 526 officers) Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Police (jurisdiction actually falls within specific locations in VA [Reagan National and Dulles airports]; formerly FAA Police)
WASHINGTON, DC — Metro Transit Police have opened an investigation into the derailment of a Silver Line train near the East Falls Church Metro station late last month, according to a statement ...
Transit Police officers patrol the Metro and Metrobus systems, and they have jurisdiction and arrest powers throughout the 1,500-square-mile (3,900 km 2) Metro service area for crimes that occur on or against transit authority facilities, or within 150 feet (46 m) of a Metrobus stop.