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Officers, civilians recognized at annual police awards

Posted by Drew Kerr | Dec. 13, 2021

Sgt. Kelly Franco, the Metro Transit Police Department's 2020 Officer of the Year, at Union Depot Station. Over the past two years, Metro Transit police have put in long hours, confronted the risks of COVID-19, and responded to calls for [...]

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For Transit Police K-9s, exposure to transit begins on day one

| Aug. 26, 2021

K-9s that work with the Metro Transit Police Department will spend nearly a decade sniffing their way around trains, buses and boarding areas. So it only makes sense that their training would also take place in such an environment. And now [...]

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Transit Police help move nearly 400 people into permanent housing

Posted by Laura Baenen | Feb. 16, 2021

Nearly 400 people have found permanent housing in the two years since the Metro Transit Police Department and the Metropolitan Council's Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA) partnered to help those sheltering on transit. The first move-in [...]

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On the Clock/Off the Clock: Capt. Rick Grates

Posted by Laura Baenen | Dec. 30, 2020

Lives: West Metro Years of service: 16 years Family: A wife, two daughters and two Labradors. My daughters are in college, one is about to earn a degree in social work and the other is studying elementary education. How did you come to [...]

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K-9 Merle sniffed and snuggled his way into MTPD fame

Posted by Drew Kerr | Dec. 28, 2020

Metro Transit Police Department K-9s are trained to protect the community by sniffing out shell casings and explosives. But Merle, a black Labrador who was among the department's first K-9s, also served as a four-footed goodwill ambassador, [...]

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