Metro Transit Police
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How Metro responds to violence on the trains
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On March 31, one Metro rider encountered an unstable passenger who took to the rails swinging. The assailant was arrested, but the rider is far from happy — why were WMATA's police so slow? Why didn't the intercoms help? He took to the Post's editorial pages to voice his fears.
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Transparency alert: WMATA resumes its monthly crime blotter
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Riders, learn of all the alleged offenses happening at your local Metro station. WMATA again lists the monthly infractions throughout the system after leaving the blotter dead for more than half a year.
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Metro employees allegedly steal as much as $150,000 in riders' fares
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Two WMATA employees have allegedly stolen thousands of dollars from riders and have been arrested, according to an affidavit issued yesterday. The apparent crime goes back months and across multiple instances.
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Has Metro crime really fallen? The complicated state of WMATA security
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The transit agency has released its third-quarter crime results, which reveal a decline in major crimes now compared to last year and include the 10 Metro stations with the most crime in recent months. But the full picture requires a deeper look.
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What a brutal Metro fight looks like on the Green Line (video)
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Several young women swarm at two alleged thieves on a Branch Avenue–bound WMATA train. In the course of the struggle, people force open Metro doors and climb over the seats. See how the scuffle looks from a commuter's eyes.
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Stitches for Dwight Harris, no federal charges for Metro Transit Police
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As the Department of Justice declines to charge the officers responsible for pushing the wheelchair-bound man to the ground, WMATA plans to hold town halls on how their transit agency treats their MetroAccess riders with disabilities.
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Metro Transit Police want to be strategically transparent
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Crime happens on the Metro every day, but how should the transit agency's security forces communicate those problems to the riding public? The MTPD is trying new tricks just as it's abandoning old ones.
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The 19 most dangerous Metro stations in the WMATA system?
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Metro Transit Police has just offered details on how many crimes have been committed in the last few months. Guess which two Metro stations have the most?
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Here's a case, Metro Transit Police
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How fitting that on the day that Metro Transit Police hold a town hall for WMATA riders that we hear word of a burglary and chase at the Largo Town Center Metro station. How safe do you feel within the Metro system?
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Metro Transit Police, meet your riding public
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Mark your calendars, D.C. riders. The Metro Transit Police and the D.C. Riders' Advisory Council are holding an open meeting with the public tomorrow night from 6 to 8 p.m. How safe do you feel on the Metro?
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Metro to add 153 cameras to stations
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Metro has won a $2.8 million federal grant to add 153 video cameras to Metrorail station entrances and exits, the Washington Examiner reports.
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Teens are one-quarter of those arrested on Metro
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More than 500 of the approximately 2,000 people arrested last year by Metro Transit Police are teens, Metro Transit Police Chief Michael Taborn tells WAMU 88.5.
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Crime spike triggers University of Maryland advisory
A crime spike on Metro under the tenure of embattled Metro Transit Police Department Chief Michael Taborn, has triggered the University of Maryland to issue an unusual "safety advisory"
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Victim of L'Enfant Metro attack speaks out
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Allen Haywood, the man who was maliciously attacked by teenagers at the L'Enfant Metro station earlier this week, talks about the attack. And ABC7's John Gonzalez reports on Metro's plans-- or lack of plans -- to provide better protection to riders.
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Another fight at L'Enfant
According to Metro, "MTPD took a report for simple assault Oct. 7. A man reported being assaulted by a group while waiting for a train."
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WMATA transit police goodie bags: Metro pocket guide, bus and rail safety pamphlets, moist towelettes
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During yesterday afternoon's rush hour, a WMATA employee manning a table inside the Rosslyn station handed us a ginormous plastic bag emblazoned with the logo of the Metro transit police.
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New Metro transit police signs start to pop up on buses
CommentThe sign looks a tad different from the one unveiled at a recent Riders' Advisory Council meeting.
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Crime increases on Metro
Metro saw a 24 percent increase in crime in the first half of the year compared to the same period last year.
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