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TRANSPORTATION: RAILROAD:
Complaints Rise Against Nations Railroad Police
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Complaints Rise Against Nations Railroad Police
By Ron Nixon
May 28, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/29/us/
complaints-rise-against-nations-railroad-police.html
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WASHINGTON Since the days when Jesse James robbed trains in the Old West,
obscure police forces run by the nations railroads have operated with the
power to make arrests, issue warrants and perform undercover work.
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These railroad police officers, who have been licensed by states, have
been accused of physical assaults, racial profiling and harassment of
railroad employees, according to lawsuits, interviews and a review of
court records by The New York Times. The records and interviews show that
there have been numerous complaints and dozens of lawsuits filed against
railroad police officers in recent years.
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While police departments across the country face increasing scrutiny and
demand for reform after several cases of brutality, the railroad
authorities appear to operate with near impunity.
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There needs to be better oversight of these corporate police forces,
because right now it is sorely lacking, said Lloyd C. Larsen, a Republican
state representative in Wyoming, one of only two states that do not allow
the railroad police to have law enforcement authority; Minnesota is the
other. No one knows what they do or how they operate outside of people at
the company.
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Since 2009, the railroad police have arrested more than 300 residents in
Overtown, a predominantly black neighborhood in Miami, on charges of
trespassing. Nearly 90 percent of those charges have been dismissed.
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In Oklahoma in 2010, a Union Pacific railroad police officer was captured
on video choking a woman he accused of trespassing and resisting arrest. A
local court dropped the charges against the woman and she settled a
lawsuit with the company earlier this year.
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Of the eight largest private railroads that were contacted by The Times,
only two Burlington Northern Santa Fe and Union Pacific would provide
crime statistics. They gave information only on arrests on railroad
property, not on complaints or disciplinary actions against their police
officers.
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