Homeland Security Launches Undercover TSA Spies To Ride Houston Buses

Patrons riding METRO on Friday, April 13, or any given day, may be sitting next to an undercover MPD officer.

The move to monitor and curtail crime on buses and trains is just one component of a much larger initiative called BusSafe - a national pilot program created by a peer advisory group of mass transit police chiefs and security directors, and one which METRO’s Police Department is adopting to enhance safety on the system.

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METRO will not disclose the routes or dates the undercover officers will be working, but the idea is to target areas that have seen trouble before.

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Now, how can someone ask invasive questions and search bags while "undercover"?

Sounds like a good way to be mistaken for a common thug.

They do the same at some Truck stops...