Metrobus Driver Charged with Kidnapping
Another embarrassing mishap for Metro
Metro
A Metrobus driver is accused of kidnapping. What's next?
If they can't sleep, text or read on the job, how do you expect Metro employees to keep themselves entertained while on the job?
Kidnapping you say? Brilliant!
Metro officials say a bus driver has been charged with kidnapping for allegedly refusing to allow a passenger to leave his bus after an argument.
It happened over the weekend on the D14 line to the Southern Avenue station in Prince George's County. Metro police arrested the driver after taking statements and determining that the bus driver wrongfully detained the passenger.
The driver, 41-year-old Michael E. Robinson, of Capitol Heights, Md., has been placed on administrative leave.
It's one of a series of embarrassing examples of driver misbehavior over the past month. Bus or train drivers have been disciplined for falling asleep, sending text messages and reading a book on the job.
The transit agency is conducting a comprehensive review of its disciplinary procedures and plans to stiffen penalties in the coming weeks.
"Metro has more than 10,000 employees, and the vast majority of them do their job well," said Metro General Manager John Catoe. "Bad behavior on the part of just a few individuals reflects on the entire Metro workforce. Our new approach to procedures and penalties will deter bad behavior and reduce the damage a few people can cause to our relationship with riders."
Metro is also apparently taking classes on how to bury the lead of a press release, as the kidnapping incident barely made its way onto the agency's latest press release, which can be found here.
Copyright Associated Press / NBC4 Washington
