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Los Angeles County sheriff's canine handler Craig Roberts follows his dog, Amor, through a subway car. Files found at Osama bin Laden's compound in Pakistan indicate that Al Qaeda was considering an attack on U.S. rail targets.

Los Angeles County sheriff’s canine handler Craig Roberts follows his dog, Amor, through a subway car. Files found at Osama bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan indicate that Al Qaeda was considering an attack on U.S. rail targets.  (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)

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Handler Craig Roberts and Amor patrol the entrance of a Metro Red Line station. L.A. County Supervisor Don Knabe says officials were not aware of any specific threats to the area’s rail network.  (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)

Transit Security

Metro has been criticized in the past for its slow response to security issues in rail stations.  (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)

Transit Security

L.A. County sheriff’s canine handler Codey Brown and his bomb-sniffing dog, Wilson, patrol the entrance to a Red Line Station on Friday May 6.  (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)

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Transit officials plan a number of security upgrades to L.A. County’s rail network over the next year, including a chemical-detection system and scores of new video surveillance cameras.  (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)

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