Once upon a time, Metro was hailed as the most modern, cleanest, and safest public transit system in America, but not anymore. Rumors began circulating yesterday on the blog “UnsuckDCMetro” of an armed robbery on the Orange Line in December, and now local CBS affiliate, WUSA9 News has issued a partial confirmation from a Metro spokesperson:
On Dec. 23, Metro Transit Police responded immediately to a report of a robbery that had just taken place, and within 30 minutes the suspects were positively identified, arrested and the stolen property recovered.
In an effort to address crime in the Metro system, the MTPD recently reassigned sworn officers out of administrative functions and office buildings into stations, trains and buses to better protect our customers from crime and to increase their ability to respond as quickly as possible. Here is a good example of how that redeployment makes a difference.
In an effort to address crime in the Metro system, the MTPD recently reassigned sworn officers out of administrative functions and office buildings into stations, trains and buses to better protect our customers from crime and to increase their ability to respond as quickly as possible. Here is a good example of how that redeployment makes a difference.
However, the report from WUSA9 mentions that there was no gun or any other weapon used in the incident, as had been claimed on UnsuckDCMetro.
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