Undercover Ops Source of Most West Hyattsville Metro Crime
All but two of the reported crimes at West Hyattsville Metro in the first part of 2012 were the result of police sting operations.
Earlier this week, we told you about how the West Hyattsville Metro Station was the most crime-ridden Metro station in Maryland in the first quarter of 2012. Now, officially, it turns out that the vast majority of that crime was victimless. According to Phillip Stewart, public information officer for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, 11 of the 13 reported crimes in the first quarter of 2012 were the direct result of work by Metro's Crime Suppression Team. "In other words, 11 of the 'victims' were MTPD undercover officers," wrote Stewart in an email. "The statistics from this particular station underscore the fact that if you rob someone on Metro, it's highly likely to be a cop rather than a customer." The crime …
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Michael Theis
11:31 am on Thursday, June 14, 2012
Hey all, Stewart writes in with some worries about being misconstrued. Article is updated. more ›