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February 24, 2010 - 8:07am
FRIENDSHIP HEIGHTS, Md. - If you see lots of police and hear commotion at the Friendship Heights Metro station late Wednesday night, relax. It's just a drill.
But it is a drill that will simulate gunfire between two shooters in the station, with multiple passengers injured or killed.
Metro says its police department's special response team will respond to the incident, along with the police, fire and emergency medical services personnel from D.C., Montgomery County and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
"It's important to test and practice our response to this type of crisis that would impact Metro's ability to provide safe and essential transportation services," says Metro Transit Police Acting Chief Jeff Delinski.
Emergency responders will start gathering around 11:30 p.m.
The exercise begins 12:30 a.m. Thursday and will run until 3:30 a.m.
(Copyright 2010 by WTOP. All Rights Reserved.)
FRIENDSHIP HEIGHTS, Md. - If you see lots of police and hear commotion at the Friendship Heights Metro station late Wednesday night, relax. It's just a drill.
But it is a drill that will simulate gunfire between two shooters in the station, with multiple passengers injured or killed.
Metro says its police department's special response team will respond to the incident, along with the police, fire and emergency medical services personnel from D.C., Montgomery County and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
"It's important to test and practice our response to this type of crisis that would impact Metro's ability to provide safe and essential transportation services," says Metro Transit Police Acting Chief Jeff Delinski.
Emergency responders will start gathering around 11:30 p.m.
The exercise begins 12:30 a.m. Thursday and will run until 3:30 a.m.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/02/AR2010020200794.html
Metro Transit Police stage large anti-terrorism drill
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Metro Transit Police staged their largest anti-terrorism sweep ever during Tuesday morning's rush hour, as about 50 officers -- some toting M-4 rifles and others guiding bomb-sniffing dogs -- took up position in Union Station in a new initiative aimed at discouraging attacks.
In coming months, they plan to hold similar drills for the effort, dubbed Blue TIDE (Terrorism Identification and Deterrence Effort).
Robert Rotz, 50, did a double take when he ran into two officers wearing body armor and shouldering rifles.
"This will make people think twice if they are trying to do something," said Rotz, a computer specialist who commutes from Shady Grove.
A delegation of senior Indian police officers observed Tuesday's drill. "They are very interested in the technology used in the United States to help prevent attacks," said Deputy Chief Erhart M. Olson of the Metro Transit Police.
Metro is planning exercises this month modeled after terrorist attacks in Madrid, London and Mumbai. About 200 to 300 police officers and other emergency responders from across the region will take part in tactical exercises Feb. 12, 13 and 24 that will include simulations of the bombing of a Metrobus, an explosion in the tunnel between the Rosslyn and Foggy Bottom-GWU Metro stations, and shooters at the Friendship Heights Metro station.
Under the State Department anti-terrorism assistance program, Olson and Amtrak Police Chief John O'Connor traveled to India last summer to learn about rail system security there after the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai.
Metro's new 20-member antiterrorism police unit is also working to increase the information that can be gleaned from surveillance cameras in the Metro system, said Lt. G.W. Burns III, who is in charge of the effort.
"We like to throw in a new tactic, so the bad guys don't know what to expect," Metro spokeswoman Cathy Asato said.
February 24, 2010 - 8:07am
FRIENDSHIP HEIGHTS, Md. - If you see lots of police and hear commotion at the Friendship Heights Metro station late Wednesday night, relax. It's just a drill.
But it is a drill that will simulate gunfire between two shooters in the station, with multiple passengers injured or killed.
Metro says its police department's special response team will respond to the incident, along with the police, fire and emergency medical services personnel from D.C., Montgomery County and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
"It's important to test and practice our response to this type of crisis that would impact Metro's ability to provide safe and essential transportation services," says Metro Transit Police Acting Chief Jeff Delinski.
Emergency responders will start gathering around 11:30 p.m.
The exercise begins 12:30 a.m. Thursday and will run until 3:30 a.m.
(Copyright 2010 by WTOP. All Rights Reserved.)
FRIENDSHIP HEIGHTS, Md. - If you see lots of police and hear commotion at the Friendship Heights Metro station late Wednesday night, relax. It's just a drill.
But it is a drill that will simulate gunfire between two shooters in the station, with multiple passengers injured or killed.
Metro says its police department's special response team will respond to the incident, along with the police, fire and emergency medical services personnel from D.C., Montgomery County and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
"It's important to test and practice our response to this type of crisis that would impact Metro's ability to provide safe and essential transportation services," says Metro Transit Police Acting Chief Jeff Delinski.
Emergency responders will start gathering around 11:30 p.m.
The exercise begins 12:30 a.m. Thursday and will run until 3:30 a.m.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/02/AR2010020200794.html
Metro Transit Police stage large anti-terrorism drill
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Metro Transit Police staged their largest anti-terrorism sweep ever during Tuesday morning's rush hour, as about 50 officers -- some toting M-4 rifles and others guiding bomb-sniffing dogs -- took up position in Union Station in a new initiative aimed at discouraging attacks.
In coming months, they plan to hold similar drills for the effort, dubbed Blue TIDE (Terrorism Identification and Deterrence Effort).
Robert Rotz, 50, did a double take when he ran into two officers wearing body armor and shouldering rifles.
"This will make people think twice if they are trying to do something," said Rotz, a computer specialist who commutes from Shady Grove.
A delegation of senior Indian police officers observed Tuesday's drill. "They are very interested in the technology used in the United States to help prevent attacks," said Deputy Chief Erhart M. Olson of the Metro Transit Police.
Metro is planning exercises this month modeled after terrorist attacks in Madrid, London and Mumbai. About 200 to 300 police officers and other emergency responders from across the region will take part in tactical exercises Feb. 12, 13 and 24 that will include simulations of the bombing of a Metrobus, an explosion in the tunnel between the Rosslyn and Foggy Bottom-GWU Metro stations, and shooters at the Friendship Heights Metro station.
Under the State Department anti-terrorism assistance program, Olson and Amtrak Police Chief John O'Connor traveled to India last summer to learn about rail system security there after the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai.
Metro's new 20-member antiterrorism police unit is also working to increase the information that can be gleaned from surveillance cameras in the Metro system, said Lt. G.W. Burns III, who is in charge of the effort.
"We like to throw in a new tactic, so the bad guys don't know what to expect," Metro spokeswoman Cathy Asato said.