{"id":356,"date":"2009-03-05T10:32:44","date_gmt":"2009-03-05T15:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.railfanwindow.com\/blog\/?p=356"},"modified":"2009-03-05T10:36:16","modified_gmt":"2009-03-05T15:36:16","slug":"british-transport-police-patrol-new-yorks-penn-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.railfanwindow.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/british-transport-police-patrol-new-yorks-penn-station\/","title":{"rendered":"British Transport Police Patrol New York&#8217;s Penn Station"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_358\" style=\"width: 445px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/railfanwindow.com\/gallery2\/v\/TempByDate\/2009-03-05\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-358\" class=\"size-full wp-image-358\" title=\"dsc_3396a_435\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railfanwindow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dsc_3396a_435.jpg\" alt=\"British Transport Police patrol New York's Penn Station in an exchange program with the Amtrak Police Department.\" width=\"435\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railfanwindow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dsc_3396a_435.jpg 435w, http:\/\/www.railfanwindow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dsc_3396a_435-300x277.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-358\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">British Transport Police patrol New York&#39;s Penn Station in an exchange program with the Amtrak Police Department.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Walking through the Amtrak concourse at <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">the rathole<\/span> Penn Station this morning, I came upon the gaggle of British Transport Police (BTP), still decked out in the traditional Bobby&#8217;s helmets and all, who were <a href=\"http:\/\/www.philly.com\/philly\/hp\/news_update\/20090303_Unusual_sight_at_30th_Street_Station__British_police_on_patrol_.html\">last seen in Philly on Tuesday<\/a>. After <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/article-1158950\/British-police-fly-Philadelphia-tips-U-S-cops-And-lesson-Where-best-doughnuts.html\">checking out Dunkin&#8217; Donuts<\/a> at Philadelphia&#8217;s 30th Street Station, maybe they came up to New York to check out Krispy Kreme? I&#8217;m kidding. I did not see them stop by the Krispy Kreme store in the Amtrak Rotunda. But when I left, they were heading in that direction&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Actually, their Late Winter 09 Tour <a href=\"http:\/\/www.railpaxmagazine.com\/?p=1232\">schedule<\/a> was published in a couple news articles on Tuesday about the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eturbonews.com\/8059\/us-and-uk-exchange-railroad-security-and-counterterrorism-practic\">exchange program<\/a> with Amtrak Police, but I didn&#8217;t notice them. So it&#8217;s a good thing I was running a few minute late today!<\/p>\n<p>Here are the photos that I took. Note: I was thankfully <a href=\"http:\/\/carlosmiller.com\/2008\/12\/27\/amtrak-police-arrest-photographer-participating-in-amtrak-photo-contest\/\">not arrested<\/a> for taking these photos \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/railfanwindow.com\/gallery2\/v\/TempByDate\/2009-03-05\/DSC_3393a.jpg.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/railfanwindow.com\/gallery2\/d\/146976-2\/DSC_3393a.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/railfanwindow.com\/gallery2\/v\/TempByDate\/2009-03-05\/DSC_3395a.jpg.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/railfanwindow.com\/gallery2\/d\/146978-2\/DSC_3395a.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/railfanwindow.com\/gallery2\/v\/TempByDate\/2009-03-05\/DSC_3396.jpg.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/railfanwindow.com\/gallery2\/d\/146974-2\/DSC_3396.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/railfanwindow.com\/gallery2\/v\/TempByDate\/2009-03-05\/DSC_3397.jpg.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/railfanwindow.com\/gallery2\/d\/146971-2\/DSC_3397.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Walking through the Amtrak concourse at the rathole Penn Station this morning, I came upon the gaggle of British Transport Police (BTP), still decked out in the traditional Bobby&#8217;s helmets and all, who were last seen in Philly on Tuesday. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.railfanwindow.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/british-transport-police-patrol-new-yorks-penn-station\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[59,192,195,26,67,50,196,172,193,194],"class_list":["post-356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-safety","tag-amtrak","tag-british-transport-police","tag-counterterrorism","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-passenger-screening","tag-penn-station","tag-police","tag-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.railfanwindow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.railfanwindow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.railfanwindow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.railfanwindow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.railfanwindow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=356"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.railfanwindow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":362,"href":"http:\/\/www.railfanwindow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356\/revisions\/362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.railfanwindow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.railfanwindow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.railfanwindow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}