The NYPD Chief of Transit exclusively spoke with amNewYork Metro regarding the state of police in the subway during a ride along from Brooklyn to Manhattan.
On March 13, amNewYork Metro joined Chief of Transit Michael Kemper and fellow transit officers as they rode a Manhattan-bound C train and patrolled the stations, during which the chief spoke about the overall state of the subway. Pushing through the turnstile at Jay Street and Willoughby Street, Kemper greeted patrol officers stationed above and, on the platform, an element of the department’s ongoing effort to curb crime underground.
For Kemper, a big part of the battle is visibility and making certain officers are in the right place at the right time. The Chief of Transit believes one of these places is positioned near turnstiles, something that he says is not so much for enforcement but, instead, hopes to offer straphangers a sense of reassurance by being the first and last thing they see when entering and exiting the subway.
During the ride along, amNewYork Metro observed Kemper also greet passengers, with some riders requesting help from the Chief—not due to crime but instead with directions and lost property. One commuter asked for aid after he said he fell asleep riding a C train and lost his scooter.
In addition to crime, the transit system is also seeing the rise in a disturbing trend: train surfing. Reinforced by peer pressure through social media, teens are climbing atop train carriages and riding on the outside; several tragic deaths have also occurred over the last several months as a result.
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