[Scan-DC] License Plate Scanners - Metro Transit

[Thomas P. Clouse]

Since at least the mid 90s, the MTPD has trained primarily at the Northern
VA Criminal Justice Academy in Ashburn. The recruits get the full academy
training in VA, then go through 240-odd hours of D.C. Law, then the 5 week
Maryland Comparative Compliance course. The D.C. portion used to be done at
Metro HQ, and I am guessing that the MD portion was done at the MD State
Police and Correction Training Commission in Sykesville, MD.

Virginia did not used to recognize any kind of prior law enforcement
training - that has changes, but it is a person-by-person waiver, rather
that a formal plan (as in MD) or informal plan (as in DC). Maryland and
D.C. do recognize prior training from other jurisdiction, so it only made
sense to organize the entry-level training in that way.


On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 9:04 PM, E McKean <mail.transfer.mckean at gmail.com>wrote:

> Andy,
> Back many moons ago when I went through the academy with a few Metro
> Transit officers, their jurisdiction was then a 100 foot perimeter around
> all Metro property.  This even included all metrobus stops.
> Their primary police academy schooling was in DC then they took just the
> legal portions of the VA and MD law enforcement certifications.
>
> I am pretty sure things have changed with the times but not too terribly
> much.
>
> Eric
> I have seen the Metro Transit Police pull over a suspected DUI on Fairfax
> Dr near the Ballston Metro (but definitely not on Metro property). Based on
> this, they must have some sort of authority outside of Metro property,
> perhaps by agreement with other jurisdictions.
>
> I was sitting at an outdoor cafe (where Zoe's is now) and watched them
> give the field sobriety test, no more than 10 ft from my table. The suspect
> started crying. Very sad. My kids were with me and watched the whole thing.
> Hopefully they'll remember.
>
> Andy
>
> Typos courtesy of my iPhone
>
> On Apr 22, 2013, at 18:31, Ed Tobias <edtobias at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > Metro tracks span the Potomac, for one thing.
> >
> > Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID. Please excuse typos.
> >
> > "Thomas P. Clouse" <tom at clouse.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Joking. But they seem to have everything except a helo and a harbor
> unit.
> >> They have ERT, EOD, motors, K9.
> >> On Apr 22, 2013 6:16 PM, "Matt Stevens" <fivealarmphotography at gmail.com
> >
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I hope you are joking about the dive team, or do they actually have a
> dive
> >>> team?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 5:38 PM, Thomas P. Clouse <tom at clouse.com>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Because they have the money, it is a good investigative tool (it
> records
> >>>> and stores every license plate it scans), and they are a multi
> >>>> jurisdictional police agency that has a lot of roads and garages on
> its
> >>>> property. I would question the need for the dive team, though. . . :)
> >>>> On Apr 22, 2013 5:30 PM, "Doug Kitchener" <oldsdoug at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Why would the Metro Transit Police need license plate scanners?
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