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SEPTA says far too many Philadelphians aren't paying to ride the transit system. It costs the agency about $50 million yearly ...
SEPTA has criminally charged more than 3,200 Philadelphia residents with fare evasion so far this year as part of its ...
SEPTA officials spoke with the union for nearly six hours on Sunday, but officials said they were unable to negotiate an agreement. Transit police have been working without a contract for the last ...
A SEPTA spokesperson said if there is a strike – 50 SEPTA police supervisors, who are not part of the union, would remain on the job and work longer shifts. Scheduled days off would be canceled ...
SEPTA holds press conference after transit police voted to strike 01:22 "You're going to see officers out there," Lawson said. "We have a number of officers out in the field.
Police have shared surveillance footage of two men who, officials believe, beat a man and stole his belongings shortly after ...
SEPTA Transit Police could strike next Monday if contract deal isn't reached. The Transit Officer Union authorized a strike with a deadline of Sunday, November 19 at 11:59 p.m.
The union representing SEPTA’s transit police officers voted 83 out of 124 to strike, according to Troy Parham, first vice president of the Fraternal Order of Transit Police Lodge #109. SEPTA said the ...
Since he became SEPTA Police Chief two years ago, Thomas Nestel has been using data to run his department. Now he has his own team of data scientists, plucked straight from the SEPTA Police Department ...
SEPTA will offer higher salaries to its police officers as part of an effort to improve safety and security on the transit system. Under the proposal, an officer starting in the academy will get a ...
UPPER DARBY — SEPTA Police Chief Thomas J. Nestel III delivered a message to riders Monday in the wake of an alleged rape on an elevated train last week. “Bother us,” said Nestel.
Two SEPTA police officers on regular patrol at the Ellsworth-Federal Station of the Broad Street Line subway heard the gunfire and rushed up to street level, SEPTA spokesman Andrew Busch said.