Editing Transit police (section)

{{short description|Law enforcement personnel employed by a transit agency}}
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[[File:NJTPD K-9 and Lieutenant.jpg|thumb|[[New Jersey Transit Police Department]] officers at [[Hoboken Terminal]] in [[Hoboken, New Jersey]]]]
'''Transit police''' (also known as '''transport police''', '''railway police''', '''railroad police''' and several other terms) are specialized [[police]] agencies employed either by a [[common carrier]], such as a [[transit district]], [[railway]], [[railroad]], [[bus|bus line]], or another [[mass transit]] provider or  [[municipality]], [[county]], district, or [[State (polity)|state]]. 

Transit law enforcement services may also be provided by a specialized unit within a larger local law enforcement agency. Their mandate is generally to [[Preventive police|prevent]] and [[Criminal investigation|investigate]] all [[crime]] committed against the carrier or its passengers and crime incidentally committed on or around the carrier's property.