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The Canadian Pacific Police Service, Canadian National Police Service, and VIA Rail Canada Police Service are the only federal railway police services operating in Canada. Police officers for the railways are federally sworn under the Railway Safety Act. [1] This act allows a superior court (federal) judge to appoint a person as a police constable.
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.
Any crime that takes place in the railway jurisdiction falls under the Government Railway Police, which is part of the respective State Police Force. The responsibilities of the Railway Police include the maintenance of law and order, prevention and detection of crimes, as well as investigation and policing on railways and railway premises ...
Amtrak Police SUVs outside Washington Union Station in July 2011. Created by Congress, Amtrak's enabling legislation under the Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970, now codified starting at 49 U.S.C. 24101, established the authority for Amtrak to have its own police force.
Government Railway Police (GRP), or simply Railway Police, are branches of the state police forces in India responsible for maintaining law and order, as well as preventing and detecting crimes in railway premises and trains. Its duties correspond to those of the district police in the areas under their jurisdiction.
The BNSF Police Department or the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Police Department (BNSFPD) is a private railroad police department and the law enforcement agency of the BNSF Railway, headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas. [1]
As the responsibilities of the Canadian National Railway expanded, so too did the responsibilities of its police service. Up until the late 20th-century, the force was responsible for the Crown corporation 's airline , ferries , hotels, and the CN Tower , which was only severed from the railway in the 1990s.
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 ...