Amtrak Police Department

Amtrak Police Department
Supervisor Patch of the Amtrak Police Department
Supervisor Patch of the Amtrak Police Department
Common nameAmtrak Police
AbbreviationAPD
Jurisdictional structure
Federal agency
(Operations jurisdiction)		United States
Operations jurisdictionUnited States
Legal jurisdictionAmtrak Rail System
General nature
Specialist jurisdiction
  • Railways, tramways, and/or rail transit systems.
Operational structure
HeadquartersWashington, D.C.
Police Officers431
Agency executives
Website
police.amtrak.com Edit this at Wikidata

The Amtrak Police Department (APD) is a federal railroad police department of Amtrak (also known as the National Railroad Passenger Corporation), the government-owned passenger train system in the United States.[1] It is headquartered at Union Station in Washington, D.C., and as of 2023 has a force of 431 sworn police officers,[2] most of whom are stationed within the Northeast Corridor, Amtrak's busiest route.[3]

The APD has primary jurisdiction over Amtrak stations nationwide, trains, rights-of-way, maintenance facilities, and crimes committed against Amtrak, its employees, or its passengers. The APD is one of six American Class I railroad law enforcement agencies, alongside those of BNSF, CPKC, CSX, Norfolk Southern, and Union Pacific.

Since 1979, most Amtrak police officers have been trained at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC)[4][5] although some recruits may be certified through a local police academy.

  1. ^ "Amtrak Police Department". amtrakpolice.com. Amtrak Police Department. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
  2. ^ "Amtrak Threatens Police Department Cuts". May 3, 2019. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference prisonpolicy2006 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "A Brief History of the Amtrak Police Department". amtrakpolice.com. Amtrak Police Department. Archived from the original on November 24, 2015. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
  5. ^ "Current Partners". fletc.gov. Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers. Retrieved November 23, 2015.