11.   Friday, access to Robinson was severely restricted, according to Wheeler of the transit police.

12.   Giuliani plans to merge the transit police into the larger force in January.

13.   He also has a police commissioner, William Bratton, who once headed the transit police, understands them and is well regarded by them.

14.   He said that the transit police were working closely with the New York City police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to prevent such an attack.

15.   Instead, he drew the transit police, and grew to love it.

16.   Kiepper said Friday that his greatest accomplishment had been to preside over the New York City transit police during a period when crime in the subways dropped drastically.

17.   Late one night several weeks later, Sgt. Louis Cosentino of the transit police confronted a group of teen-agers who were making a racket under his apartment window.

18.   MTA transit police and others told her the stations were seldom cleaned, trash was dumped in nearby alleys and Petra workers were seldom around.

19.   Ms. James took the police entrance exam, went to the Police Academy, and was assigned to the transit police.

20.   Officials of the MTA and senior officers of the transit police will begin negotiating with the Giuliani administration on the details of merging the two departments.