Unsuck DC Metro: MTPD on the Job

dweebcentric · 639 weeks ago

So what else is new?

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anon · 640 weeks ago

Let's just face the facts. You're alone down there in the Metro. MTPD is worthless.

Letting that train move on was about the stupidest thing they could have done.

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dcn8v · 640 weeks ago

Not all of MTPD is worthless. I personally know a couple of wonderful, outstanding folks on the job that bring their A game every day.

However...

As evidenced in this video, not all of MTPD has their sh!t together, either. This was just... stupid. And the fact that they scolded the victims in this case for not giving up their property easily (Fox News video)... Cripes. Yeah, why don't we all just act like sitting ducks! Great idea!

Mark my words: one of these days, we're going to see a gun pulled in one of these videos. Bag checks and all.

guest · 640 weeks ago

Its already legal to bring a gun on the metro in VA

Taylor · 640 weeks ago

The government also told the crew to comply with the terrorists on 9-11. Now that we know what happens when passengers just comply, that was obviously not the best policy. The government (and police) are not always right. Sometimes they are not even close. Like this case, where they are AIDING the perpetrators. Obscene.

Disenchanted · 640 weeks ago

Can we avoid the generalizations? As a transit officer, I risk myself daily to protect WMATA patrons and employees. And I do it well.

Thankful · 639 weeks ago

Thank you!

dweebcentric · 639 weeks ago

Where did the Guardian Angels go? I was glad to see them on the trains for a while recently.

WMATA sucks.

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guest · 640 weeks ago

OK, now what I need to do now is get all of you to come with us to the next station where you can ID the perps.

What a joke.

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JoeB · 640 weeks ago

not surprising at all... well surprising that they were actually on the scene, but their ineffectiveness is par for the course..

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F'n JD · 640 weeks ago

Worthless bastards.

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Dan Stessel · 640 weeks ago

According to our highly accurate customer survey, 80 percent of these Univ. of MD Metrorail riders are satisfied with our service.

drew · 640 weeks ago

what the hell are they doing?

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Chris · 640 weeks ago

I've heard of this happening more than once, which means it's not an isolated incident. Is this protocol? Why go to the next station when you're already stopped AT the station where the incident is going down? Is it to control the situation so it doesn't escalate?

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RDK · 640 weeks ago

Something doesn't add up.

"Friday night (11:15pm)"

"...this was actually the last train of the night running from Greenbelt to DC..."

Even if it were a Tuesday night, an 11:15pm train shouldn't be the last from Totten toward Branch Ave.

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Chris · 640 weeks ago

Additionally, wmata really needs to fix the lighting at all of the stations. How hard is it to change a few light bulbs? (yes, I realize that even the most simple tasks seem insurmountable to the organization)

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Nata · 640 weeks ago

From Saturday: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/metro-riders-...

Chris · 640 weeks ago

"Six years ago, Metro’s leadership said crews would replace burned-out bulbs within 10 days instead of three months and would do a total replacement and inspection of station lights every 10 months.

Metro would not say whether that policy is being followed. But agency spokeswoman Caroline Lukas said Metro has a preventive maintenance schedule for light bulb replacement and that staff workers change out single bulbs when outages are reported.

“If a customer reports a burned-out bulb, we make every effort to replace it as soon as possible,” she said, adding that some lights are in difficult locations that can affect the replacement time."

LOL Why is it a customer's responsibility to point out a burned-out bulb?

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MLB · 640 weeks ago

And this is why I take cabs at night, not that all cab drivers are safe or reliable, but it's certainly a better option.

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@JaundiceJames · 640 weeks ago

The college students should have retaliated with a reverse ass beating.

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DDD · 640 weeks ago

The culprits are slowly getting away on that train!

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Terry Moore · 640 weeks ago

MTPD abetted a crime. If they don't respond to this today, all their social media staff need to be fired.

mike · 640 weeks ago

Metro, you are so phouking pathetic.

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Kaia · 640 weeks ago

Shame!

This video makes me physically sick. All the Metro administrators need to be fired and the personel retrained from the beginning. How much is enough? To what extent is safety going to be jeopardized until the system is overhauled? For every incident that is caught on video or is reported, there are numerous occurences that do not come to light.

At the very least, merrit based pay should be implemented for the administrators. I bet Sarles would step up if suddenly he was paid 12,000 annually.

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dcn8v · 640 weeks ago

Actually, I bet he'd step down and claim his golden parachute.

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Red Line · 640 weeks ago

Considering all of the times I've been forced to wait for Metro's bs and incompetence, I'd be more than happy to wait on a train while MTPD collects a few assault suspects.

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lacey · 640 weeks ago

I am spreading this all around the internet. I already tweeted it to @WMATA and also sent it to a reporter. THIS HAS GOT TO STOP.

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MTPD COPPER · 640 weeks ago

We let them mix back into the system so we can play police longer.

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Anon5 · 640 weeks ago

The conduct of these cops is deplorable. As an attorney, it would seem to me that the police are guilty of being accessories to felony assault because they allowed the suspect(s) to get away after a crime had obviously been committed. They were negligent and in dereliction of duty for failing to respond to this assault in the proper manner.

I'd be surprised if this girl didn't file a civil suit against the transit police.

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@JaundiceJames · 640 weeks ago

Good points! Forget the robbery! The cops failed to let the victims identify their assailants who WERE STILL ON THE TRAIN!

This needs to be national news on every network tonight and these cops need to be ridiculed in every late-night monologue tomorrow night.

just curious · 640 weeks ago

What about Metro's soverign immunity BS? Civil rights protected?

guest · 640 weeks ago

and yet transit managed to grab most of the kids who killed Griffin:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/police-...

so why couldn't they grab the kids in the Ft Totten assault?

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Guest · 640 weeks ago

Why you gotta say "a black girl" steals a phone? That's racist!

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DeportEmAll · 640 weeks ago

Er, because it's true?

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Annie · 640 weeks ago

I suspect the original comment is satire

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F Metro · 640 weeks ago

MTPD is busy threatening customers with arrest for fare evasion instead. Happened to me Friday. Apparently the SmarTrip reader didn't read my card (despite the faregates opening) and the officer immediately accused me of fare evasion and threatened me with arrest instead of telling me to pay and go back through or take a hike.

The truth · 640 weeks ago

MTPD need have more Officers on Street, get all the Upper Level MTPD on the offices and on the Streets. , Then more waste postion Lt , Capt and Duty Chief for such small Police Dept. It all starts with the Chief MTPD . I heard his leaving soon and retire again from WMATA . Let hope there bring new Chief from outside to clean all waste and mismanged Staffing !!!!!!

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bffaeaeaeaeae · 640 weeks ago

I heard they're in the process of narrowing down candidates.
Qualifications: must be bffs with one of the administrators.

Do you really expect them to hire someone that will make their jobs harder?!

Guest · 640 weeks ago

I think we should nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

Sivk · 640 weeks ago

They need to have manned kiosks at certain stations at all times.

Metro needs to use ad space and post picks of CONVICTED folks committing crimes with their system.

When the foreseeable Bernard Goetz situation happens I won't shed a tear...

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Guest · 640 weeks ago

I'm at work and I can't watch the video. Is it from WorldstarHipHop?

Anony-moose · 640 weeks ago

I took a picture once of three MTPD cars hanging around outside a subway near Navy Yard. Now we know what MTPD does with its time. I should forward the pic to unsuck. Heh.

guest · 640 weeks ago

a couple of nights running there were a half dozen (ore more) transit police vehicles parked in front of the verizon entrance to gallery place--wonder what they were doing... maybe bag checks. :

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Curious George · 640 weeks ago

Gallery Place/Chinatown is one of the stops where the huud ratz have been causing problems. No guarantee the officers are actually in the station though.

William · 640 weeks ago

Here's a video of this fight as it was happening: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYOWDRnwdoo

William · 640 weeks ago

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Rory · 640 weeks ago

Why would any obviously 'non hood' person ever take the green line outside of rush hour or Nats game?

Easy targets.

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Santos · 640 weeks ago

Uh because they go to school in College Park? But sure, blame the victims...

Rory · 640 weeks ago

Oh, I didn't realize College Park was on the green line.

Guest · 640 weeks ago

I commute from College Park to Union Station. Part of that commute is on the Green line.

dhdf · 640 weeks ago

Apparently, the train is the Embassy of Thieves.

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Matt · 640 weeks ago

Make note: If anything like this ever happens:

Someone go in the train and pull the emergency handle for the center doors. This will release the door, keep the brakes on, and prevent the train from moving. There will be no allowing the suspects to escape by train if the train can't physically move.

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rodolfo · 640 weeks ago

excellent tip, not that i ride the train anymore, but it sure is nice to know this.

Rory · 640 weeks ago

Anyone know where to get Mace? Just off the internet?

Is it legal to have in the metro?

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http://www.rangersurplus.com/

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Tina C · 640 weeks ago

I purchased Mace Saturday at my local hardware store and rode the train with it on Tuesday. They don't check bags/purses so how would they know if you have it?

Anon · 640 weeks ago

I am willing to bet most of you would have turned your head the other way if this was happening in front of you and you know it. Our society is filled with cowards like the ones in this train. MAN up.....you clearly out numbered them. Let them have it...the only one who did was the girl that tackled the guy on the platform. As for the video recorder.....her elderly self needs to not be out that late.....oh and there was a lot of exaggeration going on there from those oh soooo poor students, There was not 25 people doing the crimes. Man up and grow a set next time.....especially the
The dude holding the doors open....pull his man card.

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