Tag: Transit Officers: Page 6

Patrol

School Agent Returned Fire with Shot Cop's Gun During NYC Retail Robbery

Anthony Presley, 39, attempted to thwart the robbery in Bedford-Stuyvesant on Saturday night. He was shot in the shoulder. The school agent then grabbed Presley's Glock and chased off the robbers.

April 17, 2011

Patrol

N.Y. Transit Officers Apprehend Bank Robbery Suspect

Officers found 21-year-old Max Schneider inside the bathroom of a train car. The officers then turned Schneider over to the Suffolk County Police Department, which charged him in the robberies that took place between Feb. 17 and March 24.

March 27, 2011

Patrol

Plainclothes N.Y. Cop Killed by Friendly Fire

A Nassau County (N.Y.) Police officer was accidentally shot by an MTA officer who mistook him for a suspect during a barricade incident.

March 12, 2011

Patrol

NYPD Cop Tackles Rampage Suspect On Train, Carjacking Details Emerge

NYPD Officer Terrance Howard grabbed Maksim Gelman, 23, after he hopped off the No. 2 train shortly before the Times Square station and crossed the tracks to board an uptown No. 3 train. On Monday, details emerged about how Gelman carjacked two men with a knife.

February 11, 2011

Patrol

Judge Denies Bail for Mehserle

Former BART police officer Johannes Mehserle will continue to serve his seven-month term in jail while an appeal of a jury's involuntary manslaughter conviction against him moves through the courts, a judge declared Friday.

December 3, 2010

Training

Maryland MTA Launches Cadet Program

The Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) Police Force is launching an MTA Police Cadet program, offering qualified men and women between the ages of 18 and 20 years old a chance to experience a career in law enforcement

August 23, 2010

Patrol

Man Attacks Boston Transit Officer With Silver Cane

Henry L. Alexander is accused of yelling at the officer at 7:15 a.m., as he walked from his personal vehicle. The man saw the officer later, after the officer changed into uniform, and swung the cane at the officer's head, knocking off his uniform cap.

August 9, 2010

Patrol

D.C. Chief Stands Pat With Patrol Deployment After Transit Brawl

Metropolitan (D.C.) Police Chief Cathy Lanier won't increase patrols in the Chinatown area unless requested by Metro, following a weekend brawl at a train station that involved several dozen people.

August 9, 2010

Patrol

Police ID Man Shot By BART, Oakland PD After Foot Pursuit

Fred Collins led five officers on a foot pursuit from the Bay Area Rapid Transit's (BART) Fruitville Station in Oakland. He had yelled "shoot me, shoot me, shoot me," to officers, who initially tried to stun him with TASERs.

July 18, 2010

Patrol

Former BART Officer Mehserle Convicted of Involuntary Manslaughter

The verdict was the first conviction of an officer or deputy on any murder charge in Los Angeles County in almost three decades.

July 7, 2010

Patrol

Mehserle Judge Instructs Jurors To Rule Out First-Degree Murder

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Robert Perry said evidence proves that the former BART police officer did not plan to kill the 22-year-old Oscar Grant on Oakland's Fruitvale BART station platform.

June 29, 2010

Patrol

New BART Chief Takes Over Agency Under Intense Scrutiny

Rainey, 51, is the former Fairfield (Calif.) PD chief and developed policies to prevent racial profiling while he worked with the Ventura County (Calif.) Sheriff's Department.

June 20, 2010