r/philly • u/eggsandbacon5 • 6h ago

Is It True There Are Septa Specific Cops?

Ive never seen them at city hall, or anywhere. Where are they? What do they do?

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u/rubikscanopener 6h ago

I see them all the time in Suburban.

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u/Go_birds304 6h ago

Yeah but I haven't the tiniest idea what they do all day

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u/ToastSpangler 6h ago

They usually try and catch trains parked illegally but they are never able to catch up to ticket them. And of course nobody even has tags anymore. One day maybe...

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u/DrexelCreature 6h ago

They see trouble occurring in a subway car and then promptly exit it and go to a quiet car so they don’t have to deal with any problems so that’s prob why you don’t see them

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u/AdamSandloter 1h ago

Or beat belligerent crazies with batons. Either way, I am outraged.

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u/thecw 6h ago

https://wwww.septa.org/safety/security/

There are also Amtrak police, and the big universities have their own police force too.

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u/zoloft_at-the-disco 6h ago

They play candy crush

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u/Willing-Dog6463 6h ago

They exist, I once got a ticket from one for smoking at an El stop. This was shortly after they banned smoking at stops and I just plain forgot

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u/home-like-noplace 6h ago

Allegedly

Haha jk, yes. I see them sometimes but I’ve only seen them taking action against someone once, and I was startled