SECURITY
Securement
Through Multiple
Methods
Paul Jablonski, CEO, Metropolitan
Transit System, said
that the agency uses a number
of diff erent methods when keeping
its rail lines secure. Jablonski
explained that a top priority for
MTS is a combination of safety
and security.
“On the security side we’ve
been pretty committed to security
from the stand-point from
making our passengers feel secure
while they are riding the
system and keeping our employees
secure while they’re doing
their jobs,” said Jablonski. “We’ve
got a combination of security,
both contracted and in house.
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Right now we have 36 in-house
code enforcement offi cers. Th ese
are people in uniforms; they
don’t have full police powers and
they’re more like a peace offi cer.
We supplement that with 175
private security guards. Th eir
primary job is to secure the system.
Th ey stand post at stations.
We want them to be highly visible
to our passengers.”
Th e agency also partners with
the area’s police departments to
have a security team that is able
to utilize all of the authority of a
police offi cer.
“All of our trains are equipped
with cameras — both inside and
out — and almost all of our stations
are equipped with cameras.
We have a control center and
there is a security center with a
big bank of TV monitors so we
can watch anywhere in the system
at any time. Soon we’re going
to have the capability to look at
the train in real-time,” explained
Jablonski. “We do have real-time
at the station. If something is going
on at the station, we watch
people and we have some sophisticated
soft ware that tracks
people and tracks packages left .”
Tracking what is left at rail
stations and suspicious activities
allows for MTS to deploy the appropriate
security to tackle the
situation. Like many agencies
with rail lines, MTS faces issues
with people ending up on rail
tracks — either purposefully or
by accident.
“Th ere’s two things that happen,
one is people are driving and
they have their GPS systems and
they make a turn onto the tracks
— maybe alcohol had something
to do with that,” said Jablonski.
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“On the
security side
we’ve been
pretty committed
to security from
the stand-point
from making
our passengers
feel secure while
they are riding
the system and
keeping our
employees secure
while they’re
doing their jobs.”
-PAUL
JABLONSKI, CEO,
Metropolitan
Transit System
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Q1932-E
CAMERA.