21.   Philip Bohrer, the chief of detectives for the transit police, said he had done so and was nevertheless set upon by the assailants.

22.   Richardone held that office for six months before the merger took place between the transit police and the city department.

23.   Sgt. William R. Hardwicke of the transit police does not see them anymore, along with several dozen other longtime regulars.

24.   The city officers apparently ignored guidelines that direct them to notify the transit police before entering subway tunnels, transit officials said.

25.   The indictments charged that the lawyers paid kickbacks to the transit police to secure a multimillion-dollar contract with the union.

26.   The New York City Police Department and the transit police have since merged, but racial overtones still haunt the case.

27.   The shooting Friday was the second this week involving the transit police.

28.   The statistical manipulation by transit police was far more elaborate and long-running than the other schemes, according to police officials.

29.   The transit police said he disappeared about noon during his lunch break.

30.   The transit police say that the fraud has been going on for the last two months.