How should a WMATA Metrobus driver alert police, in a subtle way, to say an altercation on his bus? A phone call would be too obvious. A little red “alert” button? Not yet installed.
A casual “Emergency – Call Police” on the route sign? Perfect!
This was the scene at 15th Street and Irving Streets NW a few days ago. A DC MPD police car sped to the scene and boarded the bus lickety-quick.
Response apparently all for naught as folks exited and boarded the bus casually and once the police talked with the driver and walked the bus’s length, the police officer left.
The bus, still flashing “Emergency – Call Police” drove on.
This post appeared in its original form at DC Metblogs
