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[quote user="4merroad4man"] [quote user="Sam1"] Over the 31 years that I rode the bus and light rail system in Dallas, I never saw a police officer, other than a transit cop, on the trains or at the bus stops. [/quote]   Sam, the news is reporting that Moscow's subway was just bombed, and US transit and passenger rail authorities are issuing alerts.  Could it be that during the majority of those past 31 years you spoke of there really was never a serious need for uniformed cops on most US trains?  The world has changed dramatically in the past few years. There was talk a while back about "Rail Marshals" and there may in fact be some riding trains now.  The idea of uniformed police presence on commuter and subway trains really isn't anything new, but has never been implemented on a regular basis until the past decade.  In 1988 I do remember seeing NYPD officers on board some subway trains during a visit there.  Based on the ongoing behaviors of some people around the globe, I imagine we should look for increased security well above what is in place now, and innovative in its attempts to control the costs associated with it.  I have no problem with it. [/quote] Saying that I never saw a uniformed police officer on DART meant that I never saw a Dallas City police officer riding a bus or train in uniform.  Most Dallas police officers drive to work.  DART has a police force.  It is independent of the Dallas police force.  I have seen DART police at the transit stations, as well as patrolling along the bus and rail lines in Dallas, but I never saw one on the light rail trains.  One reason, I suspect, is that the trains do not lend themselves to on-train patrol.  Because of the way that they are designed, a police officer cannot move from one unit to another whilst the train is moving.  In New York City, where I lived for more than five years, I saw heaps of transit cops on the trains.  They were there for a good reason.  The city subway system attracts criminals like a dog attracts fleas.
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