Fare Card and a Rifle

Heavily armed police officers will now be joining the ranks of daily commuters in New York's Subway system as part of a new counter-terrorism effort funded by federal transportation grants.

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February 4, 2008, 11:00 AM PST

By Nate Berg

"Under a tactical plan called Operation Torch, the officers will board trains and patrol platforms, focusing on sites like Pennsylvania Station, Herald Square, Columbus Circle, Rockefeller Center and Times Square in Manhattan, and Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn."

"Officials said the operation would begin in March."

"Financing for the program will be funneled to the Police Department and will come from a pool of up to $30 million taken from $153.2 million in new federal transit grants to the state."

"Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly outlined his plans to add a layer of security to the city's 24-hour transit system."

"Mr. Kelly's plan to heighten security and monitor a subway system that carries nearly five million people a day along 656 miles of tracks reflects the city's continuing concerns about a possible attack."

FULL STORY: New Operation to Put Heavily Armed Officers in Subways

Saturday, February 2, 2008 in The New York Times

Government / Politics Transportation New York

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