Transit Police to Conduct Emergency Response Drill on Light Rail

JERSEY CITY, NJ - The New Jersey Transit Police Department’s Office of Emergency Management (OEM), together with state, county and local partners, will conduct a training exercise on Saturday, October 12th at the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail (HBLR) Caven Point Facility in Jersey City beginning at 9 a.m.

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The drill, which will gauge responses to a simulated transportation incident, will take approximately three hours to complete. Residents and customers are advised that they will see an increased presence of police and emergency personnel in the area of Caven Point Facility in Jersey City, but service along the HBLR will not be impacted.

This exercise is not open to the public and will be contained within the yard, which is a secured facility.

In addition to New Jersey Transit Police Department’s personnel, the following entities will also be participating in the exercise:

• New Jersey Transit Office of Emergency Management
• Bayonne Police Department
• Bayonne Fire Department
• Bayonne OEM
• McCabe EMS
• New Jersey Department of Transportation

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The New Jersey Transit Police Department annually conducts multiple drills and training sessions simulating various transportation emergency scenarios throughout the statewide system.

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