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JULY 29, 2004
MARTA POLICE K-9 UNIT PROVIDES SECURITY AT DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION

ATLANTA—MARTA’s K-9 Explosive Detection team assisted with security efforts for the Democratic National Convention held in Boston July 26-29. All of their expenses were paid for by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).

The MARTA Police Department, led by Chief Gene Wilson, is a full-service police agency dedicated to reducing actual crime and improving the perception of crime on the system. MARTA was the first transit agency in the nation to receive TSA-certified dogs in a pilot program begun in 2000. This same team was also recruited to provide security for the G-8 Summit recently held in Savannah.

Comprised of MARTA’s 297 sworn officers and 43 civilian employees, the MARTA police department is one of only three transit police agency in the U.S. and one of only 33 agencies in Georgia to be nationally accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) in 1996. CALEA accreditation is based on extensive evaluation of the department including the areas of administration, organization, roles and responsibilities, cooperative relationships with other jurisdictions, crime prevention, community relations, and crime analysis. MARTA was recently earned its third reaccreditation in March.

For more information on the MARTA police department, please visit the agency’s web page at www.itsmarta.com/police or call 404.848.4900.

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