The federal government said that it will take action this year that could eventually require Metra and other railroads to install inward-facing video cameras in locomotives.
Raymond Diaz, former chief of the New York City Police Department Transit Bureau, will become director of security at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA).
With only two security officers to patrol 900 miles of track, state legislators were pushing to grant those officers the power to arrest, issue citations and use firearms if necessary.