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      <title>Work remains, but public safety efforts showing encouraging signs of progress</title>
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      <title>Know Your Operator: Portia Berry</title>
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      <title>Know Your Operator: Tadesse Kifle</title>
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      <title>Know Your Operator: Mohammed “M.D.” Zahidul Dewan</title>
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      <title>Know Your Operator: Aaron Jahnke</title>
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      <title>Support program connects operators, TRIP agents to trained peers</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 16:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Meet a (future) Mechanic: Olivia Jean Bignall</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 16:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Know Your Operator: Shawn Nevins</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 17:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Metro Transit Police Department honors officers, civilians at annual awards ceremony</title>
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      <title>On the Clock/Off the Clock: Karl Obermeyer, TRIP Agent</title>
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      <title>Survey shows a greater share of riders feel safe on light rail</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 18:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>10 Questions with Metro Transit - Blue</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 16:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Know Your Operator: Armah Faux</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 15:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Behind the Badge: Officer James Menter</title>
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      <title>Know Your Operator: Lawrence Jones</title>
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      <title>Behind the Badge: Officer Ka Yang</title>
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      <title>Behind the Badge: Officer Patrick Baumgardner</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 14:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>How We Roll: Jacob Garibay, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Specialist</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 17:29:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Behind the Badge: Officer Shawn Tubbs</title>
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      <title>Meet a Mechanic: Dakota Burgeson</title>
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