Metro Transit Police Department
| Metro Transit Police Department | |
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| Common name | Metro Transit Police |
| Abbreviation | MTPD |
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| Agency overview | |
| Formed | June 4, 1976 |
| Employees | 550 |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Legal jurisdiction | Washington, D.C., Maryland, Virginia (Defined in the WMATA Compact) |
| Governing body | Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority |
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| Agency executive | Ronald Pavlik, Chief of Police |
| Facilities | |
| Patrol cars | Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor, Chevy Tahoe's and Suburban's with police package |
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| Footnotes | |
The Metro Transit Police Department (MTPD) is the policing agency of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), created by the WMATA Compact on June 4, 1976.
The Metro Transit Police Department is unique in American law enforcement as it is the only U.S. police agency that has full local police authority in three different jurisdictions (Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C.). The department has an authorized strength of 490 sworn officers, 170 Special Police Officers, and more than 100 civilian personnel. New officers complete 23 weeks of initial training at the Northern Virginia Criminal Justice Training Academy and then complete 15 additional weeks of training at the Metro Transit Police Academy.
The Metro Transit Police is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies.
Uniformed and plainclothes Transit Police officers patrol the Metrorail system and Metrobuses on foot and on bicycles, and using motorcycles and marked and unmarked police cars. Transit Police Detectives provide investigative support. Transit Police officers have jurisdiction and arrest powers throughout the 1,500-square-mile (3,900 km2) Metro service area for crimes that occur on Transit Authority facilities, or within 150 feet (46 m) of a Metrobus stop.
Transit Police are actively involved in protecting Metro passengers and infrastructure from terrorist threats. After the September 11, 2001 attacks, the Madrid Train Bombing, and the London subway bombings, and periodically since, members of the Metro Transit Police Special Response Team conduct security sweeps of the rail system while armed with special weapons systems, H&K MP5 submachine guns and supported by explosive ordnance detection K-9 teams. Additionally, the department has a dedicated explosive disposal team.
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