US | mass transit DC Launches Mass Transit Terror Drill Metro will be scene of simulated mass-casualty attacks By Rob Quinn Posted Feb 2, 2010 2:52 AM CST Copied A sign that reads 'Security Alert' is on display as Metro Rail riders depart a subway station in Washington, DC. (Getty Images) Commuters at one of Washington Metro's busiest stations are being met today by dozens of transit police officers and bomb specialists as part of the system's biggest-ever security drill. "There is no immediate or credible threat" to the Metro, a spokeswoman tells the Washington Post. "We want to stay a step ahead." Today's operation will be followed by a series of drills in the coming weeks simulating mass-casualty attacks like the one on the London Underground in 2005 and in Mumbai in 2008. The Metro's newly beefed-up security teams include a 20-member anti-terrorism unit formed in January that conducts random patrols. "We want to be unpredictable and keep people off guard," said a transit police chief. Read These Next Taylor and Travis are getting married. Trump fired a fed governor, but she says she's not leaving. His life was full of intrigue, diamonds—and years with Jackie O. An 11-year-old girl gave birth at home. The story gets worse. Report an error