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#1 CNJRoss

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Posted 15 August 2017 - 09:24 PM

LACMTA media advisory:

 

Tuesday August 15, 2017

 

Media Advisory / Photo Opportunity

 

 Metro To Test Next-Generation Passenger Screening System at Los Angeles Union Station

 

WHAT:

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro), in partnership with the Transportation Security Administration and Evolv Technology, will test a next-generation weapons and explosives screening system on the Metro Red Line at Union Station. The portable system can scan 600 people per hour in real time, and will automatically detect a variety of mass casualty threats. Officials will be on-hand to demonstrate the system as part of Metro’s pilot project to evaluate the latest, most high-tech security technology for the Metro System. 

 

WHEN:

Wednesday, August 16, 2017
Live shots from 6 to 8 a.m.

 

WHERE:

Los Angeles Union Station
Metro Red Line Station Portal (West Entrance)
800 N. Alameda Street
Los Angeles, CA  90012

** Media parking on curb in front of station

 

WHO:

Alex Wiggins, Chief Systems Security & Law Enforcement Officer, Metro Metro Media Relations staff

 

VISUALS:

Security screening system will be set up at the entrance of the Red Line Station.  As transit riders walk through the system, screeners will check them for potential threats. Transit rider participation in the security scan is voluntary.


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Posted 19 August 2017 - 06:58 PM

Progressive Railroading, 8/18/17:

 
L.A. Metro tests subway passenger screening system
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Riders pass through the new screening system. Photo – Luis Inzunza/Metro

 

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) earlier this week began testing a new passenger screening system at the Red Line's west entrance to Union Station.

Developed by Evolv Technology, the portable system is designed to screen riders for weapons and explosives. The system can scan 600 people per hour and automatically detect mass casualty threats, Metro officials said in a media advisory.

 

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