Amtrak’s Police Strategy: More Officers Aboard Trains, Fewer In Stations

Luz Lazo, Washington Post: Local
Fri, 02/21/2020 - 5:00am

Congress has required the railroad to maintain last year's staff levels, though it had plans to reduce the force.

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