Trump Administration to Investigate MARTA After 'Tragic' Stabbings
Officials said MARTA has about 12,000 cameras and more officers as it faces federal scrutiny after two stabbings on the system.
- On Thursday, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy ordered the Federal Transit Administration to investigate MARTA's safety and security protocols after two recent stabbing incidents on the Atlanta transit system.
- The probe follows the fatal stabbing of a 66-year-old woman on a train last Saturday, with another man attacked at a station six days earlier during an altercation.
- MARTA Interim General Manager Jonathan Hunt and MARTA Police Chief Scott Kreher said the agency deploys approximately 12,000 security cameras and increased staffing ahead of FIFA World Cup matches later this month.
- Gov. Burt Jones called the violence an 'embarrassment,' while Jackson praised the Trump administration's investigation, contrasting his approach with Democratic candidate Keisha Lance Bottoms on the campaign trail.
- MARTA leaders are coordinating with regional law enforcement agencies while expanding the MARTA HOPE program, which assists riders experiencing mental health crises, substance abuse, and homelessness.
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Trump administration launches federal investigation into Atlanta’s MARTA system after fatal train stabbing
The Trump administration is launching a federal investigation into Atlanta’s troubled transit system after two recent stabbings, including the killing of a 66-year-old woman on a MARTA train.
Trump administration launches federal investigation into Atlanta's MARTA system after fatal train stabbing
The Trump administration is launching a federal investigation into Atlanta’s troubled transit system after two recent stabbings, including the killing of a 66-year-old woman on a MARTA train.Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the Federal Transit Administration will audit the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) over worker and rider safety, citing what officials described as alarming rates of violent incidents on the system…
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Feds probe MARTA safety, spending after two stabbings ahead of World Cup
ATLANTA — The federal government will review safety protocols and security spending at Atlanta’s transit agency after two stabbing attacks last week, one of them fatal. The investigation comes as Atlanta’s Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority was supposed to be…
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