Union Pacific Railroad Security Implementation Plan Overview

The Union Pacific Railroad has a Security Plan based on the industry wide Security Plan developed by Rail Industry and the American Association of Railroads. The Union Pacific Plan was developed by the Sr. Manager - Homeland Security, based on the Industry Security Plan in 2002 and has been in effect since that time. The plan is updated annually by the respective Security Plan Owners (GMs, Dept. Heads / Leadership or designees) with oversight by the Sr. Manager - Homeland Security as well as exercised annually.

The Security Plan is administered based on four Security Levels.  These Security Levels build upon each other as the Security Threat or concern raises.

This plan is Service Unit specific, meaning all of the Service Units have specified security plans tailored to their needs and areas. The SU Superintendent is responsible for annually updating the SU Security Plan. Additional security plans exist for other various components of the railroad such as IT, HDC, CC&S, UP Police, etc.  These plans are updated by the covered departments and annual updating responsibility falls on their respective Department Leadership.

In order to ensure security of the Union Pacific Railroads Security Plan, only those who will be directly in charge of implementing the Plan have access to it, thus limiting the potential for the plan and our countermeasures to fall into the wrong hands.  Those that have access to the Security Plans must take an additional Security Plan Overview Training bi-annually to ensure their familiarity with the plan and its' use.

The plan has been reviewed by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Security Administration. The plan is compliant with existing federal regulations, HM 232.

Union Pacific Security Plan Contacts

Chad Deasy, UP Police - 402-544-8825

Tom Mengel, UP Police - 402-544-6541

Mark Rowley, UP Police - 402-544-6540