August 19, 2022 | Amtrak, DOT, FRA, Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: Railway Age, August 18, 2022) Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas announced on Aug. 17 $550 million in final allocations for seven Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) competitive preparedness grant programs. These allocations, the U.S. Department of...
June 30, 2022 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: Progressive Railroading, June 29, 2022) New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Monday signed a bill aimed at expanding transit-worker protections against assault. The legislation increases to second-degree assault the law that charges individuals who attack or harass...
June 23, 2022 | Commuter Rail, Fatality, Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: ABC News, June 23, 2022) The search continued Thursday for a gunman who shot two people, one fatally, on a packed Muni commuter train in San Francisco on Wednesday, police said. The shooting occurred around 10 a.m. as the light-rail train was moving between...
June 10, 2022 | Headlines, Railroad Security, UP
(Source: Omaha World-Herald, June 9, 2022) OMAHA, Neb. — The much-publicized theft of goods from trains at the port of Los Angeles has made its way into a Nebraska courthouse. A Singapore company, Ocean Network Express, has sued Omaha-based Union Pacific over packages...
June 1, 2022 | Headlines, Mexico, Railroad Security
(Source: Mexico Daily News, May 31, 2022) Train and track robberies increased 74% in 2021 to over 5,000 incidents, according to data from the Rail Transport Regulatory Agency (ARTF). There were 2,570 train robberies last year and 2,548 incidents of track theft, the...
April 14, 2022 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: Railway Age, April 13, 2022) NEW YORK — Frank R. James, the suspect initially considered a “person of interest” in connection with the April 12 Brooklyn, N.Y. subway shooting that sent 23 people to area hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries (10 were...
April 13, 2022 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: Railway Age, April 13, 2022) NEW YORK — A search is under way for a “person of interest” in connection with the April 12 Brooklyn, N.Y. subway shooting that sent 23 people to area hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries; 10 were shot and 13 were injured...
March 15, 2022 | Headlines, Railroad Security, UP
(Source: L.A. Taco, March 14, 2022) LOS ANGELES — Now Union Pacific appears to be announcing a victory in thwarting further thefts. Not by rehiring the security it laid off, but by automating their jobs. NBC reports that the thefts “have stopped overnight” and the...
February 18, 2022 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: Television station WGN, February 16, 2022) CHICAGO — Metra Police have arrested a man in an armed robbery of a train conductor Tuesday afternoon. Full story: www.wgntv.com
February 2, 2022 | Headlines, Railroad Security, UP
(Source: NBC Los Angeles, February 1, 2022) LOS ANGELES — Five people have been arrested for allegedly burglarizing train cars in Torrance, police said Tuesday. Full story: NBC Los Angeles
