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WMATA
Police Involved in Sniper Task Force.
WMATA's
Metro Transit Police Department (MTPD) was involved with the
sniper investigation in the Washington Metropolitan region.
Early on in the investigation, as part of interagency cooperation,
the MTPD provided staffing to the various Task Forces in the
region. As part of their commitment to being an integral part
of our community, is the responsibility to help solve community
problems. Criminal investigation members of MTPD were as-signed
to the Montgomery County Task Force, Virginia Task Force, and
FBI Task Force. The detectives ran leads locally and as far
away as in West Virginia. The majority of the attacks took place
within the WMATA transit zone. These attacks had a devastating
impact on the region, transit patrons, and it was everyone's
responsibility to help in any way they could. For further information,
call the WMATA Police Department at 202, 962-2150.
Suspect Arrested in Atlanta Peachtree
Center Station Attack.
A 45-year-old
man released from prison in September is behind bars on aggravated
battery and armed robbery charges in the attack of a Duluth
woman at the Peachtree Center MARTA Station in Atlanta. The
victim was hospitalized in serious but stable condition following
surgery for a neck wound. The sus-pect was captured and held
for police by a bystander who tack-led the suspect and held
him for police after the man had fled the station with what
appeared to be the purse of the victim. The suspect, Deron Henry
Thomas, was captured and held for police by a bystander who
acted on what he called "instinct and 20 years of Marine training."
The man tackled the suspect and held him for police after Thomas
fled the station with what appeared to be the victim's purse.
MARTA Police Chief Gene Wilson hailed the bystander as a hero.
For further information, call Steen Miles at 404, 848-5957,
or at smiles@itsmarta.com.
Greater
Cleveland Regional Transit Authority Police Officers Credited
with Saving a Life. On September 15, GCRTA Police Officers
Ronald Harasty and Francis Watters were alerted by an observant
rail operator to a disoriented man at the Tower City Rapid Transit
Station. On their arrival, the questioned the man who told him
that he wanted to die. During this interview, the man noticed
an approaching train 15 feet away and tried to jump in front
of it. Officer Harasty tackled the man saving his life. The
man was taken to a local hospital for evaluation. For further
information, call 216, 771-4953.
Two
Arrested in Attempted Theft of Police Vehicle. Two
Chicago men were arrested by the Northern Indiana Commuter District
transit police after allegedly trying to steal a car occu-pied
by two of their officers conducting car theft surveillance at
the Hegewisch Station. According to police NICTD Officer Jesse
Watts, Jr., and Sgt. Donald Moses were working an under-cover
surveillance detail when they saw two men looking into cars
in the lot and pulling on door handles. The offenders then turned
their attention toward the undercover surveillance
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vehicle
in which Officer Watts was sitting waiting for them. The men
allegedly tried to look into the vehicle, but couldn’t see the
offi-cer. As they opened the car door to enter, Officer Watts
jumped out and took them into custody. Police arrested the two
men and charged them with theft, attempted theft, and criminal
tres-pass. Both were found in possession of stereo CD systems
and tools that police said are normally associated with burglaries
and auto thefts. For further information, call NICTD at 219,
926-5744.
New
Website Supports Local Law Enforcement. The U. S. Department
of Justice has initiated a website intended to help State and
local law enforcement agencies and the public in the campaign
against crime. Formed by the Bureau of Justice Sta-tistics,
the website offers easy to interpret sets of criminal in-formation
for access by law enforcement, government officials, and the
public. Users can obtain information from the FBI Uni-form Crime
Reports and Supplementary Homicide Reports and from the Law
Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics. Users
can make data tables on criminal violations from the Uniform
Crime Reports for all States and agencies that serve local populations
of 10,000 or more. Users can also look up homicide characteristics
and patterns for the 50 States and local regions with populations
of 250,000. Administrative and management statistics for State
and local law enforcement agen-cies employing at least 100 sworn
officers are also available. The website is accessed at www.ojp.usdog.gov/bjs/dataonline.
Meetings
11/18-21/02
Bio-Security 2002, Las Vegas, NV, Harvard Uni-versity (888,
882-8971; biosec@key3media.com)
11/29-12/8
Global Preparedness for Catastrophic Emergencies, Barcelona,
Spain, Fairleigh Dickinson University’s Wrox-ton College (201,
692-7172; www.fdu.edu/visitorcenter/tour)
1/9-10/03
Homeland Security 2002 Conference and Exhibi-tion, Washington,
DC (703, 876-5060, or 800, 846-0099; Fex: 876-5059; www.e-gov.com)
1/11-15/03
Transportation Research Board 83rd Annual Meet-ing,, Washington,
DC (202, 334-2934; Fax: 334-2003)
10/21-25/03
110th Annual International Association of Chiefs of Police Conference:
Law Enforcement Education and Tech-nology Exposition, Philadelphia,
PA (800, THE IACP; www.theiacp.org)
Training
11/13/02
System Security Awareness for Transit Employees and Security
Incident Management for Transit Supervisors, Tampa, FL, National
Transit Institute (732, 932-1700, ext. 31; Fax: 932-1707; safety@nti.rutgers.edu
)
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