Metropolitan Transportation Authority Police

Metropolitan Transportation Authority Police
Abbreviation	MTA Police
Patch of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Police.
Logo of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Police.
Agency overview
Formed	1998
Legal personality	Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction*	City of New York in the state of New York, USA
Legal jurisdiction	New York and Connecticut
General nature	Law enforcement Local civilian police
Specialist jurisdiction	Commuter transit systems and immediate environs, rail, tram, ferry, bus, etc.
Operational structure
Police Officers	646
Director responsible	William Morange
Agency executive	Michael R. Coan, Chief
Parent agency	MTA
Units	List Patrol Highway Patrol Detective Division Inter-agency Counterterrorism Task Force Emergency Services Unit Canine Unit (K-9) Communications Unit Technology & System Development Right of Way Task Force Internal Affairs Bureau
Facilities
Districts	9 District # 1 - Suffolk County, New York District # 2 - Nassau County, New York District # 3 - Queens and Brooklyn Counties of New York District # 4 - Penn Station District # 5 - Grand Central Terminal and 125th Street Station District # 6 - Lower Westchester County and the Bronx, New York District # 7 - Upper Westchester, Dutchess, Rockland, Putnam, and Orange Counties of New York District # 8 - Fairfield and New Haven Counties of Connecticut District # 9 - Richmond County, New York
Website
Official Site
Footnotes
* Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority Police, or MTA Police, is the police agency of New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority, or MTA. Officers of the MTA Police are fully empowered under the New York State Public Authorities Law and are commissioned in the state of Connecticut.

The department was formed in 1998, with the consolidation of the Long Island Rail Road Police and the Metro-North Railroad Police Departments. Since 9/11, the department has expanded in size and has ramped up dramatically its counter-terrorism capabilities, adding canine teams and emergency services officers. There are 1 lieutenant, 4 sergeants, and 44 police officers who are assigned to the K-9 Unit and serve as handlers with their canine partners.

On June 1, 2005 the MTA Staten Island Railway Police Department, with 25 officers, was merged with the MTA Police. The MTA Staten Island Railway Police Department was responsible for policing the Staten Island Rapid Transit System (SIRT) in the Staten Island borough of New York City. This was the final step in consolidating MTA agency law enforcement, and increased the total workforce of the department to 716, including civilians.^[1]

Because the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority is a part of the MTA, there has been discussion around incorporating the Bridge and Tunnel Officers (BTOs) into the MTA Police. This has not yet occurred, primarily because BTOs are in a separate government department and there are concerns about seniority.

MTA Police are not responsible for the New York City Subway. The subways are patrolled by the New York Police Department's Transit Bureau.

Ranks of Department

The following is a list of all of the ranks of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Police Department:

Title	Insignia	Uniform Shirt Color
Chief of Department		White
Assistant Chief		White
Deputy Chief		White
Assistant Deputy Chief		White
Inspector		White
Deputy Inspector		White
Captain/Detective Captain		White
Lieutenant/Detective Lieutenant		White
Sergeant/Detective Sergeant		Dark Blue
Police Officer/Detective		Dark Blue

Rank insignia for Sergeant and Detective Sergeant (when in uniform) is worn on the upper sleeves of the shirt and jacket while rank insignia for Lieutenant through Chief of Department is worn on the collars of the shirt and the shoulders of the jacket.

MTA Police cars parked at District 9 in Richmond County, NY.

Police Districts

The districts of the M.T.A. Police Department include:

• District # 1 - Suffolk County, New York
• District # 2 - Nassau County, New York
• District # 3 - Queens and Kings Counties of New York
• District # 4 - Penn Station
• District # 5 - Grand Central Terminal and 125th Street Station
• District # 6 - Lower Westchester County and the Bronx, New York
• District # 7 - Upper Westchester, Dutchess, Rockland, Putnam, and Orange Counties of New York
• District # 8 - Fairfield and New Haven Counties of Connecticut
• District # 9 - Richmond County, New York

MTA Police vehicle #4166 at the Tarrytown station.

Specialized Units

The department has the following specialized units (details):

• Detective Division
• Inter-agency Counterterrorism Task Force (ICTF)
• Emergency Services Unit (ESU) ^[2]
• Canine Unit (K-9)
• Highway Patrol ^[3]
• Communications Unit
• Internal Affairs Bureau
• Technology & System Development (TSD)
• Right of Way Task Force (ROW)

Staten Island Rapid Transit Police Patch

See also

	New York portal
	New Jersey portal
	Law enforcement/Law enforcement topics portal

• Metropolitan Transportation Authority
• Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority Police
• List of law enforcement agencies in New York
• New York City Police Department
• Port Authority Police Department
• Color of the day (police)

References

1. ^ MTA Newsroom
2. ^ Emergency Services Unit Truck
3. ^ Highway Patrol Car

External links

• MTA Police Overtime Adding Up
• MTA Police-A Consolidated Force