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  • A Bus Can Be Your Safe Haven

        If you're ever in trouble and need to escape a dangerous situation, flag down a METRO bus and hop on. A METRO bus operator will drive you to safety and call for help. It's part of our Safe Haven program. That's what happened last Tuesday morning when a man whose head was bleeding flagged down the 52 Hirsch/Scott, ...
    Posted to Write On METRO (Weblog) by Mary Sit on December 14, 2009
  • No Police Uniform? This Retired Officer Recalls Early Days

      When Sgt. Richard Sauseda first started at METRO as a police officer, he dressed in a coat and tie. METRO didn't have police uniforms - and in fact, there was no official police department. That was back in 1982 when the Metropolitan Transit Authority had just been formed. Last weekend, Sauseda officially retired after 27 years at ...
    Posted to Write On METRO (Weblog) by Mary Sit on April 27, 2009
  • Serious Crime Declines on METRO System

        For the second consecutive year, it has become safer for you to ride the rail or commute on our buses. The number of serious crimes has declined this year over last, repeating a pattern now for the second year. METRO recorded 438 serious crime incidents in FY 2008, compared to 492 in FY 2007, which was also down from 565 in FY ...
    Posted to Write On METRO (Weblog) by Mary Sit on November 17, 2008