Metro rolled out scanners at Union Station earlier this month, launching a pilot program aimed at getting weapons off the transit system. A similar program in NYC faced scrutiny. How it went in NYC: ...

WASHINGTON — In an effort to make riders safer, Metro is trying new security methods screening similar to airport-like screenings. Metro Transit Police just got a chance to try out a millimeter-wave ...

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New body scanners are being deployed across the Los Angeles transit system, including potentially at Santa Monica Expo stations. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has partnered with the ...

Updated at 1:13 p.m. ET Los Angeles' public transit system has announced that it is the first in the U.S. to purchase millimeter wave scanners to screen Metro riders for suspicious objects as they ...

In partnership with the TSA, the Metro will deploy portable scanners. When commuters at Los Angeles’ Union Station came down the escalator this week, they were greeted with a new security measure, ABC ...