NJ Transit Passengers to be Able to Text Terrorism Tips
Transit agency announces initiative during board meeting.
Mass transit riders who see suspicious items will be able to text alerts to law enforcement under a plan unveiled by NJ Transit Wednesday morning. The new “Text Against Terror” initiative was announced during the transit agency’s board meeting as the newest homeland security measure for the system. The initiative will allow customers to text reports to 65873 if passengers do not want to call the existing terror hotline at 1-888-TIPS-NJT. “Our customers and employees are our first line of defense in the war against terror,” NJ Transit Executive Director James Weinstein said in a presentation to the board. The texting campaign, funded with a grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, is one of the first of its kind for a transit …
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