Philly.com: Amtrak ‘security surge’ includes random bag checks
Sep 9, 2009 | 7:59 am
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Philly.com: Amtrak ‘security surge’ includes random bag checks
Amtrak ‘security surge’ includes random bag checks
By Peter Mucha
Inquirer Staff Writer, 9-9-09
Two days before the 9/11 anniversary, Amtrak is initiating a one-day "multi-force security surge" along the Northeast Corridor that includes "random passenger bag inspections at unannounced locations," according to the Transportation Security Administration.
More federal, state, regional and local officers will patrol stations and ride trains, and more dogs will be sniffing for explosives, said a news release.
No threat or incident is behind this "exercise of expanded counterterrorism and incident response capabilities," part of an operation called ALERTS, which stands for Allied Law Enforcement for Rail and Transit Security, the agency said.
By Peter Mucha
Inquirer Staff Writer, 9-9-09
Two days before the 9/11 anniversary, Amtrak is initiating a one-day "multi-force security surge" along the Northeast Corridor that includes "random passenger bag inspections at unannounced locations," according to the Transportation Security Administration.
More federal, state, regional and local officers will patrol stations and ride trains, and more dogs will be sniffing for explosives, said a news release.
No threat or incident is behind this "exercise of expanded counterterrorism and incident response capabilities," part of an operation called ALERTS, which stands for Allied Law Enforcement for Rail and Transit Security, the agency said.
Sep 9, 2009 | 11:20 am
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Sep 10, 2009 | 10:59 am
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. on or about 9/12/01, goalie-sis said to me that the next attack would not be on an airliner but on some other aspect of transportation such as trains or the ports once the weaknesses had been figured out
Sep 10, 2009 | 11:12 am
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Agency I'm working at has been doing a show of farce this week too, mostly revolving around ID's, dogs, and submachine guns.