<div dir="ltr"><div><div>It was against <span style class="">PATransit</span> policy to allow any employee to carry a firearm. I remember Harold <span style class="">Geissenheimer</span> did discuss that topic one time after Division 85 of the Amalgamated Transit Union put forth the idea of operators and mechanics being allowed to carry guns. This was after scores of operator assaults, myself being a victim included. Policy remained the same.............no guns. The same is true at Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority.........no guns. In Cleveland, even with a "permit to carry", one was required to secure the weapon in your private vehicle before coming into the station. <br>
<br></div>With individual states beginning to allow teachers and school personnel to be armed, and given the American habit of "pushing the envelope", we may at some point see some states allowing transit personnel to be armed. Transit operator assaults are on the rise again all over North America and this will play into any decision on armed transit personnel.<br>
<br></div>As for the newspaper article, it almost seems comic. The operator had time to "hoist the front trolley pole" before the robber got from the rear of the car to stop him? Please! People were easily convinced of anything back in 1931.<br>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 8:21 AM, Lattner, Raymond <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rlattner@pa.gov" target="_blank">rlattner@pa.gov</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Ed, I guess you will probably be the only one who may be able to<br>
answer this, did the company actually ever arm PRCo operators?<br>
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Anything in your files regarding this? Also, did PAT ever consider arming<br>
its operators? Are PAT employees allowed to carry if permitted?<br>
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Any idea what kind of police force PRCo had?<br>
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Thanks<br>
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Ray<br>
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Article dated October 1931.<br>
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