WTOP radio 11/27/19
High-tech Thanksgiving travel security could soon come to your Metro stop
Amtrak added some extra high-tech layers of security at D.C.’s Union Station on Tuesday during the Thanksgiving travel rush. And Metro is also planning to use some of the technology soon at its stations.
The Transportation Security Administration is lending scanners that detect suicide vests and hidden weapons to Amtrak Police and Metro Transit Police as part of broader security plans.
At Union Station, Amtrak Police were testing two types of scanners, neither of which required the people being screened to stop for a checkpoint, or to even notice that they were being monitored.
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