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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.
Congress established the Metro Transit Police Department (MTPD) on June 4, 1976. [14] 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.
A man arrested in Washington, D.C., for boarding a Metrobus without paying the fare was found to be carrying a loaded shotgun, according to the Metro Transit Police Department. The man, identified ...
Metro's safety department usually was in charge of investigating incidents, but could not require other Metro agencies to implement its recommendations. [1] In October 2015, following several safety lapses, the Federal Transit Administration assumed oversight of WMATA with the authority to conduct inspections and impose sanctions. [ 87 ]
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. ... Chief Ernest ...
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.
The man, whose identity has not been released, was crossing Ford Parkway at Macalester Street when he was struck by an eastbound A-Line bus about 12:45 a.m., said Metro Transit Police Department ...
Pylon by the entrance to the Archives-Navy Memorial-Penn Quarter station Passengers boarding a train at the Bethesda station Crossvault of the L'Enfant Plaza station Union Station, the busiest station in the system The longest continuous escalator in the western hemisphere, at the Wheaton station [5] Vaulted ceiling at Farragut West Largo Town Center station, one of the newest stations ...