Metro Transit Police Stage Large Anti-terrorism Drill

Metro Transit Police staged their largest anti-terrorism sweep ever during Tuesday morning’s rush hour, as about 50 officers — some toting M-4 rifles and others guiding bomb-sniffing dogs — took up position in Union Station in a new initiative aimed at discouraging attacks.

In the coming months, they plan to hold similar drills for the effort, dubbed Blue TIDE (Terrorism Identification and Deterrence Effort).

Robert Rotz, 50, did a double take when he ran into two officers wearing body armor and shouldering rifles.

“This will make people think twice if they are trying to do something,” said Rotz, a computer specialist who commutes from Shady Grove.

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