Diversity in the district: from Metro's underground to Capitol Hill, security professionals in Washington, D.C.face unique challenges.

Security Management, September, 1993 by Harowitz, Sherry L.

An evaluation of the security measures on the New York City subway, at the Stouffer Mayflower Hotel, Washington D.C. , the Watergate Hotel, Washington D.C. Capitol Hill building and the World Bank is presented. Security firms must be effective but not too imposing, particularly in hotels. At the World Bank they must avoid offending visitors with different cultural backgrounds.

From Metro's underground to Capitol Hill, security professionals in Washington, D.C. face unique challenges.

Security in transit. While visitors to New York City may take the subway only as a last resort, Washington, D.C.'s tourists need not be so hesitant to join the roughly one million people who ride the city's Metro and bus system yearly. Metro Transit Police Chief Burton Murrow...

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