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Amtrak Police  

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  • The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, better known as Amtrak, was created in 1970 when President Richard M. Nixon signed the Rail Passenger Service Act. Amtrak, created in response to the bankruptcies of a number of intercity passenger railroads, assumed the responsibility of long-distance intercity rail services on May 1, 1971. [Source: Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement; Amtrak Police]

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Amtrak_Police

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