http://www.officer.com/article/article.jsp?siteSection=8 <http://www.officer.com/article/article.jsp?siteSection=8&id=32403> &id=32403 NYPD Plans to Step Up Train Security The New York City Police Department has taken on an unprecedented role in trying to protect trains in the area. Seven weeks after terrorists bombed trains in Mumbai, India, and with the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks approaching, the NYPD is taking a lead role in securing Amtrak's northeast corridor. While there is no specific threat, officials said they remain concerned about the vulnerability of trains. NewsChannel 4 got rare access to a high-level briefing organized by New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly. "There is no single agency that's totally responsible. There's Amtrak police. They are woefully understaffed. They have under 300 officers for the entire country," Kelly said. So Kelly invited commanders from Washington, D.C., Maryland, Delaware and Pennsylvania, who on Wednesday asked questions about the India bombing. Many believe Mumbai's system is similar to New York's with packed stations connected to quieter suburban stops, NewsChannel 4's Andrew Siff reported. "We're doing it because it has to be done and nobody else is doing it. No one else is stepping up to the plate," Kelly said. Officials known as the Northeast Corridor Coalition plan on asking for federal dollars to cover overtime for officers to board trains outside their jurisdictions. The NYPD already assigns officers to do unannounced checks on subways. Commuter rail passengers at Penn Station said they are well aware that police are not a regular sight. "I'm concerned that there's no one to watch over what I'm doing or what anyone else is doing," said passenger Lee Landau. "It concerns me as a rider, but like anywhere else in New York, you got to get through," said passenger Todd Stodolski. The meeting was the fifth scheduled meeting of the coalition and it was not scheduled because of any specific threat. Police said that the general threats to transit systems everywhere are a challenge that they need to address now. Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari declined to comment on Kelly's statement but said the railroad is working with the coalition. "The participating agencies continue to discuss ways to share resources to provide a safe transportation environment for all passengers on the NEC," the railroad said in a written release.
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
