Heather Curtis
WMAL.com
WASHINGTON — (WMAL) This week, Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-VA) will be meeting with the director of the FBI’s Washington Field Office to get more information about the former Metro Transit Police officer who was arrested Aug. 3 and charged with attempting to support ISIS.
“Mr. Young started displaying behavior that was just abnormal or you might find concerning, you know, me as a police chief or a deputy chief, wherever I was at that time, that raised some concerns,” MTP Chief Ron Pavlik told the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority board during a special meeting on safety issues last week.
Pavlik reported the behavior to the FBI, and the agency’s Joint Terrorism Task Force started monitoring Young.
“Metro Police brought it to the attention of the FBI, so that is a good thing. The Metro Police said, ‘Hey. We have this guy. Let’s look at him,’” Comstock told WMAL.
While she commends MTP, Comstock hopes FBI officials will answer questions she has about the bureau’s surveillance, including what it involved.
“Did the FBI want to make sure that they just sort of watched him in that setting to see what he was up to?” Comstock said.
The FBI’s surveillance lasted four years, and some board members wanted to know why he was allowed to stay on the police force during that investigation. Pavlik said the investigation took time, and they had to follow certain laws. He added MTP and FBI were ready to act immediately if Young posed a threat to passengers or employees.
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