Metropolitan Transportation Authority Police
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| Metropolitan Transportation Authority Police |
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| Established | 1998 |
| Jurisdiction | MTA |
| Sworn | 716 |
| Chief | Michael R. Coan |
| Director | William Morange |
| Website | MTA Official Site |
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 Tri-borough 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 the BTOs is a separate government department.
MTA Police are not responsible for the New York City subway system. The subways are patrolled by the New York Police Department's Transit Bureau.
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[edit] Command Staff
The department's current command staff:
- Director William Morange, Director of Security
- Assistant Director Raymond McDermott, Assistant Director of Security
- Chief Michael R. Coan, Chief of Department
- Deputy Chief Ronald Masciana, Office of Security
- Assistant Deputy Chief John D'Agostino, Commanding Officer - Internal Affairs Bureau
- Assistant Deputy Chief Kathleen Finneran, Commanding Officer - Eastern Region
- Assistant Deputy Chief Stephen Conner, Commanding Officer - Northern Region
- Assistant Deputy Chief Thomas Odessa, Commanding Officer - Southern Region
- Assistant Deputy Chief Sean McLaughlin, Commanding Officer - Detective Bureau
- Assistant Deputy Chief Kim Rehbein, Chief of Administration
- Assistant Deputy Chief Ernest Pucillo, Commanding Officer - Communications Unit
- Inspector Kevin King, Commanding Officer - District # 4
- Inspector Joseph Martelli, Commanding Officer - Special Operations Division
- Inspector Sean Montgomery, Commanding Officer - Interagency Counterterrosim Task Force
- Inspector Thomas Dunn, Office of the Chief of Department
- Inspector Robert Terrett, Commanding Officer - District # 5
- Captain Gary Beahan, Commanding Officer - Directed Patrol Initiative
- Captain Neil Boyle, Commanding Officer - District # 1
- Captain John Castagna, Commanding Officer - District # 2
- Captain Kevin Kieran, Commanding Officer - District # 3
- Captain John Fitzpatrick, Executive Officer - District # 4
- Captain Timothy Denmark, Commanding Officer - District # 6
- Captain John See, Commanding Officer - District # 7
- Captain James McKenna, Commanding Officer - District # 8
- Captain Robert Pattison, Executive Officer - Communications Unit
[edit] Ranks of Department
The following is a list of all of the ranks of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Police Department:
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| Deputy Chief |
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| Assistant Deputy Chief |
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| Inspector |
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| Deputy Inspector |
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Detective Lieutenant, Detective Captain, and Assistant Chief are positions not currently held by any member of the MTA Police.
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.
[edit] Police Districts
The districts of the M.T.A. Police Department include:
- District # 1 - Suffolk County, Long Island, New York
- District # 2 - Nassau County, Long Island, New York
- District # 3 - Queens/Brooklyn, New York
- District # 4 - Penn Station, Manhattan, New York
- District # 5 - Grand Central Terminal and 125th Street Station, Manhattan, New York
- 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 - State of Connecticut
- District # 9 - Staten Island
[edit] Specialized Units
The department has the following specialized units (details):
- Detective Division
- Inter-agency Counterterrorism Task Force (ICTF)
- Emergency Services Unit (ESU)
- Canine Unit (K-9)
- Highway Patrol
- Communications Unit
- Internal Affairs Bureau
- Technology & System Development (TSD)
- Right of Way Task Force (ROW)
[edit] See also
- Metropolitan Transportation Authority
- List of law enforcement agencies in New York
- New York City Police Department
- Port Authority Police Department
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