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BNSF Police Participate in Enforcement Effort in Riverside, Calif.

2010-06-21

BNSF police joined with the Riverside Police Department in Riverside, Calif., and Union Pacific police in a grade-crossing enforcement effort on both Union Pacific and BNSF tracks.

A total of 30 officers from the three organizations were involved in the enforcement action, which included an industrial area and grade crossings on the San Bernardino Subdivision. Officers issued vehicle code violations to 69 people. Railroad police made three trespassing arrests.

"Riverside police on motorcycles were proactive in their enforcement efforts and are knowledgeable about the various railroad-related vehicle-code violations," said Scott Rust, senior special agent, BNSF Resource Protection. Other BNSF police involved with the event included senior special agents Rene Munoz and Aimee Schmidt.

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