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Former SEPTA Transit Police officer sentenced for possessing, distributing child sexual abuse material

July 29, 2025
Former SEPTA Transit police officer pleads guilty to possession and distribution of child pornography

May 1, 2025
Serious crime down across SEPTA network thanks to officer recruitment, says transit police chief Chief Charles Lawton also credits a greater focus on cleanliness and safety across all SEPTA departments

January 17, 2025
SEPTA’s Transit Police Department bolsters ranks with 16 new recruits

December 23, 2024
SEPTA Transit Police officer arrested on suspicion of distributing child pornography online

November 11, 2024
SEPTA Transit Police K-9 officer gets bulletproof vest 3-year-old Swen is the second of SEPTA's K-9s to receive the protective equipment

February 7, 2024
SEPTA transit police put threat of strike on hold until mid-December

November 23, 2023
SEPTA Transit Police to deploy more officers on Market-Frankford Line The acting chief is taking officers off administrative positions, and was planned before a recent shooting and rape on subway system

July 21, 2022
SEPTA 'outreach specialists' begin $6M initiative to observe, report, help riders feel safer

May 5, 2022
Police arrest man suspected of killing one, injuring another before firing at SEPTA cops It is believed he gunned down someone in a domestic dispute and then shot a stranger near 69th Street Station

December 2, 2021