"In addition to traditional policing, SEPTA has added social workers to help connect members of the vulnerable population with housing and medical services. Last month, SEPTA reached an agreement with the Fraternal Order of Transit Police on salary increases that will help with efforts to recruit and retain talented officers. We are working to increase the visibility of police officers on the system and are actively recruiting new candidates to the SEPTA Transit Police Department. "SEPTA knows that riders have concerns about safety and security on the system, and we are addressing them. SEPTA released the following statement to Action News on safety and security: In April, a suspect was arrested for raping a woman on the Broad Street Line between the Erie and Girard Avenue stations. "He pointed the gun at the boyfriend and put the gun at the back of our survivor and proceeded to demand sex," said Captain James Kearney with the Philadelphia Police Department. He then proceeded to sexually assault the victim. Police say the suspect held the gun at the victim's back and then pointed it at the boyfriend. The 40-year-old female victim told police she was with a 46-year-old boyfriend at the platform when they were approached by the suspect who was armed with a gun. Monday at the platform of the Snyder station on the 2100 block of Broad Street.
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) - Philadelphia police are searching for the suspect who they say raped a woman while pointing a gun at her boyfriend in a SEPTA station in South Philadelphia. Police say the suspect held the gun at the victim's back and then pointed it at her boyfriend.
0 kommentar(er)
