Amtrak Tightens Security Along Northeast Corridor |
 If you spy a scary looking dude with a semi-automatic weapon pacing around the platform the next time you hop an East Coast Amtrak train, don't be alarmed. The company announced a series of new security initiatives today, but not in response to any specific threat.
Rather, Amtrak hopes armed officers patrolling train platforms, bomb-sniffing dogs and random checks of carry-on luggage will be the preemptive strike necessary to thwart terrorist activity and other acts of violence. While trains have been prime targets for terrorist activity abroad, we statesiders have been lucky to escape any similar incidents thus far. Knock. On. Wood.
The new Amtrak security measures will be put in place along the Boston to Washington corridor.
Amtrak Beefs Up Security
Amtrak Launches New Security Procedures
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POSTED BY SYSADMIN AT 6:11 PM
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