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Article: Amtrak, TSA and Local Law Enforcement Deploy Across Northeast Corridor Rail Stations.
- Article from:
- Bioterrorism Week
- Article date:
- September 21, 2009
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During today's morning and evening commutes, Amtrak Police, Transportation Security Administration (TSA) personnel and law enforcement officers from more than 100 federal, state, local, rail and transit police agencies are being deployed at approximately 150 passenger rail stations throughout the Northeast Corridor region in an exercise of expanded counterterrorism and incident response capabilities (see also Transportation Security Administration).
The multi-force security surge across 13 states and Washington, D.C., is NOT in response to any particular threat or incident. Rather, today's deployment is part of Operation ALERTS (Allied Law Enforcement for Rail ...