Submitted by PresidentBush2 t3_11axi1f in boston
I’ve always wondered about their history and objectives today (e.g. what prompted the MBTA to have its own police force?). Do they have any jurisdictional authority? Have they ever regularly rode subway cars instead of mostly just sit outside stations in their heated vehicles?
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They have full jurisdiction in the 175 towns and cities that make up the the MBTA service area, on and off MBTA property. I have seen them pull cars over for traffic infractions in Boston.
That said they sleep. Made a food app delivery to there HQ, walked in and the Desk Sgt was sound asleep, sitting up in his chair, with arms crossed. I stood there for a few minutes waiting for customer to come to lobby. He never woke up
> He never woke up
May he rest in peace
Lol he didnt wake up while I was there.
> He never woke up
Narcolepsy is a reason to not hire someone in the first place, but the Union has a policy against firing someone for having a medical diagnosis of narcolepsy. It's the same with any union job. That's why he had a desk job and wasn't driving around.
Everything you write is so absurdly idiotic that I’m now convinced it’s just bad, poor-taste satire.
I think they have a fetish for being downvoted
Everyone who disagrees with you and doesn't believe any made up narrative is dumber than you. That is my experience too. Welcome to the internet.
One important thing they do is address people who wander onto tracks. Sometimes drunk or high but also suicidal people. If you see someone on the tracks call 617-222-1212.
They have to deal with those BC High hooligans we keep hearing about.
I got robbed once on the bus, and they were very helpful in insisting it was some kid who was much shorter then the guy who robbed me. Kept asking me if I was sure, that it sounded like this was the guy, etc…
Hope that kid didn’t get blamed by the next victim they pressured to id him
They have a blog, if you want to follow some of their activity. http://www.tpdnews411.com/
Great love blogs and the year 2004
If they had a fancy website you’d complain they paid too much. Shit is updated recently and works on my phone, it’s fine. Want the transit police to start dancing on tik tok to prove their worth or what?
Speak for yourselves, I unironically love both blogs and the year 2004
I would love to be able to complain about T Cops dancing on TikTok
I checked out this blog. Looks like they do something worth writing about every two weeks
Talk all the shit you want about transit police, but when the marathon bomber was sitting in a boat, the transit police were tasked to go in there and get him out. So we can all make jokes, but obviously some of them are highly trained and helped us during a time of crisis.
Watertown was absolutely crawling with cops from many jurisdictions, federal, state and local that day. I think the shootout had university cops as well. The mbta cops were hardly the only people who were dealing with thay
I mean if it wasn’t them, I guarantee you another agency would have went and got them or had jurisdiction. They wouldn’t have been like welp, I guess he outsmarted us. I’d rather gut them, use the money to fund transit, and rely on local police. Another perk would be I wouldn’t have to watch the same one mad mug people going into my local station. I have yet to actually see them do anything useful personally. Just walk around. Once they were clearly looking for someone. Some are plain clothes though too so at least they have to enjoy the stink and suck with us.
That's the stupidest thing I ever herd
Idk but I’m always happy to see them around DTX since that seems to be where a lot of random violence in the city is concentrated in
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Less than regular police
Much less but that’s not saying a whole lot lol
This does, admittedly, make them slightly better than regular police.
When I was assaulted on the green line the transit police were extremely helpful. They had a female cop drive me home to the suburbs so I wouldn't have to stay on the train. And they called me twice in the next 48 hours to see if I needed help accessing resources, navigating the system, etc.
Behind the State Police, I think the MBTA Transit Police has the largest jurisdiction. They are responsible for anything MBTA but they can also pull you over for traffic stuff I guess. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a transit cop riding the train, however, when I use to get off at Forest Hills, the transit cops I saw usually seemed busy.
> They are responsible for anything MBTA but they can also pull you over for traffic stuff I guess.
They have full police powers in every city and town that the T operates in.
Oh boy. The time a younger dumber version of myself thought doing a wheelie past the transit cop would be good GoPro footage. It was instead a fairly expensive ticket and tow 🤣
I could be completely wrong, but I think the environmental police actually have the most jurisdiction
They stand around together in front of train stations and chew the fat…so essentially they do nothing…wasted tax money imo
I believe they have more jurisdiction than any other police force but not payed as well as the others
A co-worker's spouse is an MBTA policeman. I know he often signs up to work the Gillette train on Patriots game days or during certain concerts. They ride the train and then "police" a certain section of the stadium.
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Flirt with the badge bunnies.
They take k-turns in the middle of Centre St in JP then scream at you when you get closer to them because you think they're turning onto a side street like a normal person.
Nothing.
They walk the T parking lots and tow vehicles with expired reg… got me once 10 days after it expired… had to call 3 different numbers to find my car.
They transit
They’re useless
Escort Nazis from the mbta to the hospitals they protest
mostly harm
They babysit homeless people and that’s just about it.
I've seen them around when the fencing around the tracks gets stolen.
Considering how often the fences get stolen they suck at their job.
I've seen them set up and demand to do 'bag checks' of everyone entering a downtown station but lol, the stations are all to close, we all just walk to the next station. Fuck you not-cop.
Supposedly, SUPPOSEDLY, there's some funky agreements between the city and the T about some parks that align the tracks. The T has to maintain them or some shit, so the T-police have to show up when something happens at those parks. It's weird.
Also. Track bridges. Sigh. The road below the bridge is joint property, so if something happens below the bridge T police has to show up. A car hits the bridge? T-police. Homeless people under there? T-police. Paint dicks to try and get the sidewalk fixed cause the T, city and DCR won't take ownership? T-police.
Ok, so they have a job they have to do and you’re just shutting on them and getting downvoted. You sound like a total dick, actually. Type of guy that probably looks down on service staff etc. as well I’m guessing.
mmmm. yes. same thing.
Being frustrated that the fences around the tracks keep getting stolen and its SUPER dangerous because its also adjacent to a park and an elementary school. Being peeved at T-station bag-checks cause I don't want people looking through my bag. Being aware when the T police show up at the park next to the track and train bridge by my house. Quietly going along with everything and just making comments about it here. TOTALLY the same thing as a complete dick.
Yeah. they have a job to do. They do things. I'm not shitting on them. Im commenting about them. Things they do outside of the normal train stuff.
They pepper spray me once every five years or so. Last time I was trying to take the bay out of back.
The T travels between towns so the T police have jurisdiction on any crimes committed on T property. The are a number of assaults on the T daily they handle all of those. They do sometimes ride the T in plain clothes but not in uniform. There is no appetite for the T police to ride in uniform some people consider that in itself violence.
I disagree quite a bit about the last part.
Source: person who rides the T every day.
They are riding in uniform again?
I assumed they meant the part about there being no appetite for them to be there
I've never seen any actually ride. Definitely bodies inside the station sometimes though. Most of the time chilling in their running SUV's
I've seen them ride before but never at rush hour.
> the T police have jurisdiction on any crimes committed on T property.
They have full police powers in every city and town that T operates in.
Annoy the homeless from my observations.
Yes, and.
Last month a traveler got stabbed in South Station men's room. So sometimes their presence is justified. Normally not a fan of the MBTA police, otherwise.
Not sure why you got the downvotes.
>Not sure why you got the downvotes.
Probably from people that have been harassed by the problem homeless that they would have loved to have already had been removed by transit police
Fair enough. Like I was explaining to an irate fellow commuter couple months back about that - this is the symptoms of a society that allowed the Opioid Crisis, and didn't place a serious commitment to mental health. (obviously there's a whole cocktail of contributing factors, but those seem the top two).
I deal with the homeless pretty much daily coming and going through there. I don't like it anymore than anyone else.
It's a goddamn shame, but the real solutions apparently are out of reach of our state and city officials, no?
So in the interim what do you want T police to do with the homeless who are harassing people?
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They park in bus stops and browse police FB groups.