Editing Transit police (section)

===Specialized units of local law enforcement agencies===
[[File:Sound Transit Police.jpg|thumb|A patrol vehicle of the [[Sound Transit|Metro Transit]] police, a division of the [[King County Sheriff's Office]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://kingcounty.gov/en/dept/metro/transit-police|title=Transit Police|author=<!--Not stated-->|date=2023|website=kingcounty.gov|publisher=[[King County, Washington|King County]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]]|access-date=}}</ref> [[Washington (state)|Washington state]], USA.|120px]]
Other forces may exist as a specialized unit of a local law enforcement agency, such as the United States' Transit Police Services Bureau of the [[Orange County, California]] Sheriff's Department (which serves the [[Orange County Transportation Authority]]) or the Transit Enforcement Unit of the [[Phoenix Police Department]] (assigned to the [[Public transport in Phoenix|Phoenix Public Transit Department]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.phoenix.gov/publictransit/police-transit-enforcement-unit|title=Phoenix Police Transit Unit|author=<!--Not stated-->|date=2014|website=phoenix.gov|publisher=[[City of Phoenix]]|access-date=}}</ref> Some formerly independent transit police agencies have also been absorbed into (or had their duties assumed by) a larger, local law enforcement agency; Examples include the [[Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority|LACMTA]] Police's duties being assumed by the [[LAPD]] Transit Services Division<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lapdonline.org/transit_services_bureau/content_basic_view/67166|title=Transit Services Division|author=<!--Not stated-->|date=2021|website=lapdonline.org|publisher=[[Los Angeles Police Department]]|access-date=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420135341/https://www.lapdonline.org/transit_services_bureau/content_basic_view/67166|archive-date=20 April 2021}}</ref> and the [[New York City Transit Police]] being integrated into the [[Organization of the New York City Police Department#Transit Bureau|NYPD Transit Bureau]].