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LOS ANGELES (CNS) -- In response to a series of high-profile violent attacks on Metro buses and light rail, riders at Union Station will be screened for concealed weapons as a part of a pilot program ...

L.A. Metro’s Board of Directors approved an expansion of a weapons detection pilot program that started last year as it aims to improve safety. About the pilot: The weapons detection technology was ...

Prompted by violent attacks on Metro's buses and light rails, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LA Metro) launched a new safety program Wednesday to detect concealed ...

The Metro Board voted to expand a pilot bringing weapons detection systems to Metro stations and buses. It's not yet clear when or where the new scanners will be installed. After a test last year, ...

In an effort to prevent passengers from carrying handguns and knives onto its trains, LA Metro is testing a concealed weapons detection system at Union Station billed as added protection for rider ...

Last year, L.A. Metro began testing state-of-the-art, non-invasive weapons detection technology at Union Station. Now the L.A. Metro Board is expanding that pilot program by adding weapons detection ...