Security

NYS Comptroller Talks About MTA Capital Security Program

Yesterday afternoon, New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli released a report which talked about the new challenges that the MTA Capital Security Program will face. Here is a sample of the press release that came with the report:

The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has made a number of important security improvements, but progress [...]


MTA Unveils New Anti-Terrorism Advertisements

Just a short while ago the MTA unveiled their new anti-terrorism advertisements. The new ads are an update to the award winning “See Something, Say Something” campaign. The press release to talk about them should be up later today but here are the details now (including a link to the new ads):

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority [...]


Security Cameras Not Coming Anytime Soon

Yesterday, New York Times reporter William Neuman posted a story about the new delays the MTA faces in their attempt to install high-tech surveillance cameras in & around the subway and commuter railroads. Here is his report:
Aging fiber-optic cable in Brooklyn and Queens has become the latest obstacle to a planned high-tech system of surveillance [...]