Search results
Results from the Go Local Guru Content Network
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.
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.
The department was established in 1982 and is accredited with the Texas Police Chiefs Association (TPCA), one of only five public transit police departments in North America to be so. State law grants Metro Police jurisdiction in the counties in which Metro is located, provides services, or is supported by a general sales and use tax.
Crime was up more than 30% last year on Metro Transit buses and trains, and the transit agency's police are now turning to social media to show how it's trying to beat it back.
As more passengers return to public transportation, Metro Transit said Wednesday that crime aboard its trains and buses increased 21% in the second quarter compared with the same period last year.
Rachel Uranga. May 30, 2024 at 6:00 AM. A Metro Transit Security officer helps riders navigate the new tap to exit pilot program at the North Hollywood station on Wednesday. (Wally Skalij / Los ...
The MTA Police Department is the primary railroad police agency in New York State and Connecticut. The New York City subways are patrolled by the NYPD Transit Bureau under contract since 1994. Since 2019, the MTA Police has officers conducting daily subway patrols in New York City in an effort to assist the NYPD in addressing quality of life ...
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 ...
The Metro Transit Police Department (officially Metropolitan Transit Police) patrols bus routes and light rail and as of 2023 had over 100 full time police officers. The Metropolitan Airports Commission has a police force. The Hennepin County Sheriff's Office with 800 licensed and civilian members is headquartered in Minneapolis.
Summer Lin. May 28, 2024 at 1:45 PM. Two violent attacks on Los Angeles County's Metro transit system were reported over the Memorial Day weekend, the latest in a string of crimes that have ...