Every week somebody tweets about seeing armed Transportation
Security Administration agents wearing body armor riding SunRail trains. Here's the straight scoop. The agents are members of TSA’s Visual Intermodal Prevention and Response (VIPR) team
that works with transit systems throughout the country, including Lynx – our public
bus system. (Click here for more details on VIPR)
A spokesman for the Florida Department of Transportation
told us that his agency “has been coordinating safety and security issues with
the Department of Homeland Security (TSA is part of Homeland Security) and the
VIPR team in particular for more than a year now. They have been a routine
presence on trains, platforms and the (SunRail track corridor) since service
began May 1 and will continue to do so.”
So like the T-shirt says, “Remain calm and carry on.”
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