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TBTA 'Superiors' Union Claims Top Commanders Surrendered Guns

By BOB HENNELLY
Posted 2/24/21

Several of the highest-ranking officers with the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority Police Department were ordered to turn in their agency- issued firearms in December, according to the TBTA Superior Officers Benevolent Association.

The TBTA, a subsidiary of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, oversees the operation of seven city bridges and two tunnels. The SOBA's 140 Sergeants and Lieutenants supervise a force of about 400 Police Officers who since 9/11 have increasingly focused on counter-terrorism, in addition to traffic-control duties.

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