MARTA Police Overview
MPD Awarded the APTA 2024 Rail Emergency Management Gold Award
MPD has been awarded the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) 2024 Rail Emergency Management Gold Award for heavy rail stations for its outstanding Unmanned Aircraft (drone) System Program. The Gold Award recognizes MPD’s demonstration of a forward-thinking approach to enhancing event preparedness and security in rail transportation. MPD accepted the award at the APTA Rail Conference in Cleveland, Ohio on June 4. To see a video honoring MPD’s efforts
click here
MPD Awarded the APTA 2023 Rail Security Award
MPD has been awarded the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) 2023 Rail Security Gold Award for heavy rail stations for its outstanding security programs, specifically the Joint Bike Patrol Team partnership with the Atlanta Police Department. The Gold Award
recognizes MPD’s security measures as being among the best, making MARTA one of the safest transit systems in the country.
MPD accepted the award at the APTA Rail Conference in Pittsburgh on June 13. To see a video honoring MPD’s efforts click here
MARTA Police APTA 2023 Rail Security Gold Award - YouTube
With more than half a million people riding MARTA every day, it’s on us to make sure our riders are protected throughout their commutes. Keeping our customers safe is our top priority and the MARTA Police Department helps us carry out that mission.
Founded in 1977, the MARTA Police Department currently consists of approximately 320 sworn officers, 50 Protective Specialists, and 57 civilian employees. MARTA police officers are fully sworn and certified under the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council. Today, uniformed officers patrol our stations, parking lots, buses and trains. Additionally, plainclothes officers and K-9 units are stationed throughout MARTA's transit system.
We've made a commitment to provide a safe and secure transit environment for our patrons and employees and we will continue to improve serving our many communities.
Police
Operations
Police Operations is responsible for the daily delivery of police services in field operations. Police Operations main objective is to preserve life and protect the MARTA system against criminal/terrorist activity and to provide a safe and secure environment for customers and employees throughout the system.
LEARN MORE
Police
Administration
Police Administration provides support to all police personnel. The primary focus is to strengthen performance of management and practices within the department through the implementation of policies and programs related to crime, disorder, and public safety.
LEARN MORE
Community
Outreach
We started the Community Outreach program to help improve relationships between police and our local communities. Today the program is the driving force behind MARTA Police's role in the Atlanta community, giving us a way to include riders in everything the department does to keep MARTA safe.
LEARN MORE
Over the last year, there was a large amount of inaccurate and negative rhetoric regarding officers’ use of qualified immunity. Please follow the link below for the Georgia Association of Chiefs of Police (GACP) explanation of how qualified immunity is utilized as a defense in a civil suit as well as when it cannot be used.
https://gachiefs.com/gacp-qualified-immunity-psa
