BART Increases Patrols After NYC Terror Threat
OAKLAND -- In response to news of a specific threat of terrorism targeting the New York City subway system, a Bay Area Rapid Transit spokesman said Thursday that BART is being put on heightened alert.
While he is not aware of any threats made against the BART system or any Bay Area cities, spokesman Linton Johnson said BART is not taking any chances and is now under what he called an "enhanced orange alert."
BART has been on orange alert since the London terror attacks in July, even though the United States is currently on yellow alert, Johnson said. Now, the orange alert is intensifying.
Johnson said BART already has police officers patrolling trains and stations, along with bomb-sniffing dogs and staff dressed in yellow vests. Now, all anti-terrorism patrols will be out in greater numbers, he said.
In the event of a terrorist attack anywhere in the country, Johnson said, BART riders should look to the media for information on service, which will most likely be shut down.
"The reason why we would shut down BART is because we don't want to be the secondary attack," Johnson said.
"Al-Qaida has proven over and over again that they like to strike in fours," he said.
Johnson said BART has no immediate plans to begin searching some riders' bags, as authorities have done in New York City, but he encouraged riders to report suspicious persons or packages to the nearest BART employee.
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Maybe he reads the TM. ;-)