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Undercover officers will ride METRO buses
KPRC 2 News ^ | Apr 13 2012 | Joel Eisenbaum

Posted on 04/18/2012 5:18:05 AM PDT by Whenifhow

HOUSTON - A new program will place undercover police officers on METRO buses to curb crime, even terrorism, U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee said Friday. "If you think you're going to be a bad actor on buses, get ready. You are going to have a short-lived time frame," Jackson Lee said.

(Excerpt) Read more at click2houston.com ...


TOPICS: Education; Government; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: bussafe; sheilajacksonlee; tsa; tyranny
Press Release Patrons riding METRO on Friday, April 13, or any given day, may be sitting next to an undercover MPD officer.

The move to monitor and curtail crime on buses and trains is just one component of a much larger initiative called BusSafe - a national pilot program created by a peer advisory group of mass transit police chiefs and security directors, and one which METRO’s Police Department is adopting to enhance safety on the system.

MPD, Houston Police Department officers and Harris County Precinct 7 Deputy Constables will take part in a synchronized, counter-terrorism exercise on Friday, April 13, focusing on bus routes, bus stops and shelters, and Transit Centers in high traffic areas. The participating agencies will: ride buses, perform random bag checks, and conduct K-9 sweeps, as well as place uniformed and plainclothes officers at Transit Centers and rail platforms to detect, prevent and address latent criminal activity or behavior. Read more http://www.ridemetro.org/News/Releases/2012/04132012.aspx

1 posted on 04/18/2012 5:18:23 AM PDT by Whenifhow
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To: Whenifhow

Press Release
Read more http://www.ridemetro.org/News/Releases/2012/04132012.aspx

TSA and Sheila Jackson Lee Abolish 4th Amendment for Houston Metro Riders

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rs6TInhxD1g

This contact info was listed on the video above.

Contact Sheila Jackson Lee
713-655-0050
713-861-4070
713-691-4882
713-227-7741

Houston Metro
713-658-0180


2 posted on 04/18/2012 5:23:18 AM PDT by Whenifhow
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To: Whenifhow

Counter-terrorism? Is this what the hell they call it? Don’t buy this bovine feces. This is in response to long entrenched “UDT’s”.

Urban Domestic Terrorists.


3 posted on 04/18/2012 5:23:28 AM PDT by Molon Labbie (A Bounty on Zimmerman, Can Be A Bounty On ANYONE. No NBPP Mob Justice!)
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To: Whenifhow

“If you think you’re going to be a bad actor on buses, get ready.”

...unless you’re black. Then, go ahead and beat the snot out of whitey! Don’t forget the wallet!!


4 posted on 04/18/2012 5:24:23 AM PDT by albie
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To: albie

This very same woman will be the first to scream “RACISM “ when the arrest results are posted .


5 posted on 04/18/2012 5:27:05 AM PDT by Einherjar
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To: albie

6 posted on 04/18/2012 5:27:33 AM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Whenifhow

another department


7 posted on 04/18/2012 5:29:00 AM PDT by Selmore (Except for ending Slavery, Facism, Communism, and Nazism, War never has accomplished anything)
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U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee said Friday. "If you think you're going to be a bad actor on buses, get ready. You are going to have a short-lived time frame," Jackson Lee said.

"As short a time frame as astronauts spent on Mars."

Seriously, WHY do we listen to ANY babble that issues from this woman's cake hole?

8 posted on 04/18/2012 5:36:37 AM PDT by backwoods-engineer (I will vote against ANY presidential candidate who had non-citizen parents.)
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To: Molon Labbie

With Shelia involved, this is all about WHITE on BLACK perceived crime. Racial rofiling in it’s finest form.


9 posted on 04/18/2012 5:37:09 AM PDT by Coldwater Creek (He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty Psalm 91:)
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Shortly after Lee gave her press conference the operation went straight into effect.

http://houstonfreethinkers.com/all-news/79-local-news/2551-sheila-jackson-lee-partners-with-dhs-brings-tsa-to-houston-metro

Houston Free Thinker, Phillip Levine was present at the press conference at the Wheeler Station off 4500 Main and witnessed DHS, and Metro Police question passengers who were exiting buses about their destinations and their reasons for riding the bus. “When I arrived at Wheeler I got off the stage and instantly noticed the massive police presence. The police presence consisted of DHS, metro police, HPD, TSA, and Harris county police officers. They were going on to buses searching and stopping people for questions. Apparently Shelia jackson Lee was there pushing for more security like what I was viewing. I asked the TSA agent if there was gonna be a bigger presence of metro or TSA. He said both,” Levine said in an email.

Houston already has the TSA and body scanners at both airports, 300 cameras donated from the DHS placed around downtown, and now the American version of the Nazi SS has found its way to the cites bus stations.


10 posted on 04/18/2012 5:43:37 AM PDT by Whenifhow
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How’s concealed carry in houston?

Will such folks be allowed to ride the system or be turned away or have their guns confiscated?


11 posted on 04/18/2012 6:06:48 AM PDT by fruser1
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Not from Houston - so I don’t know the laws there.
Hopefully someone from that area can answer your question.


12 posted on 04/18/2012 6:14:29 AM PDT by Whenifhow
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To: Einherjar
This very same woman will be the first to scream “RACISM “ when the arrest results are posted .

You know she will.

13 posted on 04/18/2012 6:32:11 AM PDT by bgill
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To: Coldwater Creek

Hopefully, Sheila Jackson will have another article penned shortly after the November election: “And The Bus She Rode Away On”.


14 posted on 04/18/2012 6:42:28 AM PDT by GladesGuru (In a society predicated upon freedom, it is necessary to examine principles."...the public interest)
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To: albie
Most of the bus traffic during the day is commuters riding in from the suburbs. The traffic is bad and many use the hour long commute to read. I'm sure the shakedown will ensure the traffic will only get worse. Who wants to have TSA screwing around with bus riders.

After 7:00 pm SJL’s voters take over both the buses and the downtown light rail....when I say take over...I mean TAKE OVER.

15 posted on 04/18/2012 7:24:05 AM PDT by Hogblog
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To: Whenifhow

Concealed Carry can check their guns at the Station...


16 posted on 04/18/2012 7:38:40 AM PDT by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, Democrats believe every day is April 15th.)
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To: Whenifhow

why not Federal Marshalls? “Bus Marshalls” ...another Federal jobs Program......


17 posted on 04/18/2012 7:52:32 AM PDT by mo (If you understand, no explanation is needed. If you don't understand, no explanation is possible.)
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To: Coldwater Creek
With Shelia involved, this is all about WHITE on BLACK perceived crime. Racial rofiling in it’s finest form.

Hispanics will soon pass up whites as the largest group in Texas. I hope they vote people like Sheila out.

I am not surprised that it's happening in Houston.
18 posted on 04/18/2012 7:38:51 PM PDT by af_vet_rr
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