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Re: First platform to open for new World Trade Center PATH station |
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Posted by The Silence on Thu Oct 2 16:39:32 2014, in response to Re: First platform to open for new World Trade Center PATH station, posted by Dyre Dan on Thu Oct 2 16:19:10 2014. Actually, yes, Railroad police officers are fully empowered law enforcement officers.Nielt's contention that in order to be a police department, you must be publicly accountable is false, there are private policing agencies. From the wiki article on Railroad police: Section 1704 of the U.S. Crime Control Act of 1990, provides that: "A railroad police officer who is certified or commissioned as a police officer under the laws of any one state shall, in accordance with the regulations issued by the U.S. Secretary of Transportation, be authorized to enforce the laws of any other state in which the rail carrier owns property." Some states give railroad police officers full policing powers (IE if they see you robbing a 7/11, they can arrest you) while other states their powers are limited to the property of the railroad that employs them. Here is the law for New York It notes that a Railroad police officer in New York has all the authority of any other police officer, within the property of the Railroad. But as noted in the above quote, If you are a Railroad policeman, you have at least some authority in any state your Railroad owns land in. |
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