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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.
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 properties; the United States Marshals Service ...
Scooter thefts surge in DC, Metro Transit Police reports. WASHINGTON - Scooters are a great way to get from point A to point B. That is if thieves don’t steal them first. Metro Transit Police ...
The transit authority's police department is set to roll out in 2025. Robins and two other administrative employees, who will become the second and third officers, will be formally sworn in at a ...
June 22, 2009. The June 22, 2009, accident on Metro's Red Line. Nine people were killed and over 70 people were injured. On June 22, 2009, at 5:02 pm EDT, two trains on the Red Line collided. A southbound train bound for Shady Grove stopped on the track short of the Fort Totten station, and another southbound train collided with the rear of the ...
Washington Metro system map. The Red Line is a rapid transit line of the Washington Metro system, consisting of 27 stations in Montgomery County, Maryland, and Washington, D.C., in the United States. It is a primary line through downtown Washington and the oldest and busiest line in the system.
A patrol vehicle of the Metro Transit police, a division of the King County Sheriff's Office, [1] Washington state, USA.. Other forces may exist as a specialized unit of a local law enforcement agency, such as the United States' Transit Police Services Bureau of the Orange County, California Sheriff's Department (which serves the Orange County Transportation Authority) or the Transit ...