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New Jersey Transit Police Department officers at Hoboken Terminal in Hoboken, New Jersey. Transit police (also known as transport police, railway police, railroad police and several other terms) are specialized police agencies employed either by a common carrier, such as a transit district, railway, railroad, bus line, or another mass transit provider or municipality, county, district, or state.
Transit police departments of the United States (3 C, 17 P) A. Airport law enforcement agencies (2 C, 4 P) P. Port law enforcement agencies (2 C, 6 P) R.
The department has an authorized strength of 490 sworn officers, 170 special police officers, and more than 100 civilian personnel. Newly sworn officers complete 23 weeks of initial training at the Northern Virginia Criminal Justice Training Academy, followed by 15 weeks of training at the Metro Transit Police Academy, which includes training in Maryland and District of Columbia law, then ...
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New Jersey Transit Police K-9 Officer and Lieutenant at Hoboken Terminal. One of the primary missions of the New Jersey Transit Police Department is the prevention of terrorism on all of New Jersey Transit's trains and buses. This is especially relevant since the 2004 terrorist attacks of the transit system in Madrid, Spain. [citation needed]
As part of his mayoral campaign, candidate Rudolph Giuliani pledged to end the long-unresolved discussion and merge all three of New York City's police departments (the NYPD, the Transit Police, and the New York City Housing Authority Police Department) into a single, coordinated force. Mayor Giuliani took office on January 1, 1994, and ...
On June 1, 2005, the Staten Island Rapid Transit Police Department, with 25 officers, was merged into the MTA Police Department. The Staten Island Rapid Transit Police Department was responsible for policing the Staten Island Rapid Transit System in the borough of Staten Island in New York City. This was the final step in consolidating MTA ...
As of August 5, 2006, the local media reported the MBTA Police could merge with the Massachusetts State Police due to budgetary and staffing concerns. [6] The union which represents the MBTA Transit Police supports this plan citing the difficulty the 257-member force has providing security for a transit system that spans 177 cities and towns in the state.