Besides patrolling railroads, railroad officers do investigate varies crimes such as theft, vandalism, train/vehicle crash, arson, and fatalities. The highest incident involving railroads are related to trespassing and fatalities. Special Agent Black pointed out that one in every three hours, a person gets hit by a train throughout the state. Because people do trespass and horseplay on the tracks, people will often time be hit by a train which result in death. Besides trespassing and fatalities, train/vehicle crashes are the second most occurring incident. One the common reasons to why it occurs is because people fail to obey railroad crossing lights and gates. Typically, people will drive around railroad gates and through flashing lights thinking that they will make it. However, by understanding that trains are traveling at fast speed and the train wheels are driven on top of metal, stopping a train from 100 feet away is nearly impossible. As a result of being unable to stop a train, crashes involving vehicles are the second most occur able incident Overall, I thought Special Agent Black’s presentation was pretty interesting and informational. To get into a railroad police field requires tons of experiences as a prior law enforcement officer and must have a certification in law enforcement. Railroad police appears to beneficial part in law enforcement as their duties are to enforce railroad regulations and full policing
Besides patrolling railroads, railroad officers do investigate varies crimes such as theft, vandalism, train/vehicle crash, arson, and fatalities. The highest incident involving railroads are related to trespassing and fatalities. Special Agent Black pointed out that one in every three hours, a person gets hit by a train throughout the state. Because people do trespass and horseplay on the tracks, people will often time be hit by a train which result in death. Besides trespassing and fatalities, train/vehicle crashes are the second most occurring incident. One the common reasons to why it occurs is because people fail to obey railroad crossing lights and gates. Typically, people will drive around railroad gates and through flashing lights thinking that they will make it. However, by understanding that trains are traveling at fast speed and the train wheels are driven on top of metal, stopping a train from 100 feet away is nearly impossible. As a result of being unable to stop a train, crashes involving vehicles are the second most occur able incident Overall, I thought Special Agent Black’s presentation was pretty interesting and informational. To get into a railroad police field requires tons of experiences as a prior law enforcement officer and must have a certification in law enforcement. Railroad police appears to beneficial part in law enforcement as their duties are to enforce railroad regulations and full policing