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Railroad Police Officers

Final rule.

FRA is establishing a rule to implement section 1704 of the Crime Control Act of 1990, which authorizes a railroad employee who is commissioned as a railroad police officer by any state to enforce, in accordance with DOT regulations, the laws of any state in which the railroad police officer's employer owns property for the purpose of protecting railroad property, personnel, passengers, and cargo.

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