Sec. 9210. Amtrak Police Department
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Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, Amtrak shall identify the mission of the Amtrak Police Department (in this section referred to as the Department ), including the scope and priorities of the Department, in mitigating risks to and ensuring the safety and security of Amtrak passengers, employees, trains, stations, facilities, and other infrastructure. In identifying such mission, Amtrak shall consider— the unique needs of maintaining the safety and security of Amtrak’s network; and comparable passenger rail systems and the mission of the police departments of such rail systems.
Not later than 120 days after identifying the mission of the Department under subsection (a), Amtrak shall develop a workforce planning process that— ensures adequate employment levels and allocation of sworn and civilian personnel, including patrol officers, necessary for fulfilling the Department’s mission; and sets performance goals and metrics for the Department and monitors and evaluates the Department’s progress toward such goals and metrics. In developing the workforce planning process under subsection (b), Amtrak shall— identify critical positions, skills, and competencies necessary for fulfilling the Department’s mission; analyze employment levels and ensure that— an adequate number of civilian and sworn personnel are allocated across the Department’s 6 geographic divisions, including patrol officers, detectives, canine units, special operations unit, strategic operations, intelligence, corporate security, the Office of Professional Responsibilities, and the Office of Chief of Polices; and patrol officers have an adequate presence on trains and route segments, and in stations, facilities, and other infrastructure; analyze workforce gaps and develop strategies to address any such gaps; consider the risks identified by Amtrak’s triannual risk assessments; consider variables, including ridership levels, miles of right-of-way, crime data, call frequencies, interactions with vulnerable populations, and workload, that comparable passenger rail systems with similar police departments consider in the development of the workforce plans of such systems; and consider collaboration or coordination with local, State, Tribal, and Federal agencies, and public transportation agencies to support the safety and security of the Amtrak network.
In carrying out this section, Amtrak shall consult with the Amtrak Police Department Labor Committee, public safety experts, foreign or domestic entities providing passenger rail service comparable to Amtrak, and any other relevant entities, as determined by Amtrak. Not later than 10 days after Amtrak identifies the mission of the Department under subsection (a), Amtrak shall transmit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report containing a description of the mission of the Department and the reasons for the content of such mission.
Not later than 10 days after Amtrak completes the workforce planning process under subsection (b), Amtrak shall transmit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report containing the workforce planning process, the underlying data used to develop such process, and how such process will achieve the Department’s mission.