[PRCo] PRCo Armed Motormen

[John Swindler]

What about Dayton around 1970??  Didn't the private operator publicize that the bus operators would be deputized?  
 
Exact fare (Removal of cash from operators) occurred after a D.C. transit operator was gunned down around 1970.
 
They told us at CTA in 1968 not to argue or get into a fight - we were not paid to be a hero.  Chicago was averaging about a thousand bus robbery's a year.  During one of my summers, a 12-Roosevelt bus operator was gunned down.  He was a foreign student working for the summer and may not have fully understood "give me da money".
 
 
 

 
> From: hrbran at cavtel.net
> Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2013 09:34:57 -0400
> To: pittsburgh-railways at mailman.dementix.org
> Subject: Re: [PRCo] PRCo Armed Motormen
> 
> It was against PATransit policy to allow any employee to carry a firearm. I
> remember Harold Geissenheimer 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.
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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.
> 
> 
> On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 8:21 AM, Lattner, Raymond <rlattner at pa.gov> wrote:
> 
> > Ed, I guess you will probably be the only one who may be able to
> > answer this, did the company actually ever arm PRCo operators?
> >
> > Anything in your files regarding this? Also, did PAT ever consider arming
> > its operators? Are PAT employees allowed to carry if permitted?
> >
> > Any idea what kind of police force PRCo had?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Ray
> >
> > Article dated October 1931.
> >
> >
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