NEW YORK — U.S. transit agencies beefed up security as a precaution Monday after the double suicide bombing in Moscow’s subway system, sending more police into stations and officers to conduct random inspections of railyards.
In New York, caravans of police vehicles were dispatched to transit hubs, and officers assigned to subways overnight were kept on duty longer to overlap with day patrols. Special units in black uniforms, helmets and body armor also were assigned to transit facilities.
In Washington, D.C., Metro police conducted random inspections of stations and railyards, officials said. Atlanta’s public transit system said its police department increased the number of officers and patrols.
The federal government did not immediately make any recommendations for increased security at mass-transit systems, but authorities were monitoring the situation, a U.S. official said. The Associated Press
