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Message from the Chief

Michael A. Taborn

The Metro Transit Police Department has an authorized strength of 420 sworn, 106 security special police, and 24 civilian personnel. Officers provide a variety of law enforcement and public safety services on the Metrorail and Metrobus systems in the Washington Metropolitan Area.

Metro Transit Police Officers have jurisdiction and arrest powers throughout the 1,500 square mile Transit Zone, that includes Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia for crimes that occur on or against Transit Authority facilities.

The Metro Transit Police Department is the only tri-jurisdictional police agency in the country.

The Metro Transit Police serve a population of 3.2 million.

Law enforcement accreditation The Metro Transit Police is nationally accredited through the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc.

Metro Transit Police officer candidates are trained to the standards established for police in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia.
Uniformed and plainclothes Metro Transit Police officers patrol trains, stations and parking lots.
Radio dispatched scout cars.
Metro Transit Police's innovative bicycle patrol is well suited to patrolling Metro's parking lots.
Uniformed and plainclothes officers ride Metrobuses at random and in areas where problems have been reported.
Metro Transit Police detectives are tasked with investigating open crimes and bring them to closure.