Capitol Police Close Streets to Search Suspicious Car
September 21, 2009 by Homeland Security NTARC News
Filed under Incident Reports
U.S. Capitol Police a searching a suspicious car in the nations capitol, resulting in several closed streets.
The vehicle, a Honda covered with stickers was stopped at about noon an because of a suspicious looking package on top of the car, police closed several streets, searched the car and interviewed the driver.
Metro Transit Police to Add Anti-Terrorism Teams
August 5, 2009 by national
Filed under Homeland Security News
The federal government will pay almost $10 million for the Metro Transit Police to put 20 officers on five anti-terrorism teams, Metro officials announced Wednesday.
The department has a Special Response Team, said spokeswoman Cathy Asato, but the force has not had specific teams focused on counterterrorism. A Department of Homeland Security transit grant program will provide the money to create them.
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“They’re going to recruit from within to form these anti-terror teams,” Asato said, “then we’ll recruit 20 new officers to fill their spots.”
