Guardian Angels resume NYC subway patrols for first time since 2020 after shocking arson murder | 29 Dec 2024 | The Guardian Angels are resuming their patrols of the Big Apple’s subways as if it were crime-riddled Gotham in 1979, after the horrifying arson murder of a sleeping straphanger on a train last week, founder Curtis Sliwa said Sunday. The red-beret-wearing volunteer vigilante squad is beefing up its ranks to its level 45 years ago, Sliwa said. "We're going to have to increase our numbers, increase the training and increase our presence as we did back in 1979," Sliwa said at the Stillwell Avenue-Coney Island station in Brooklyn where the woman was killed. Ever since last week's shocking slaying, "hundreds of citizens" have requested the Guardian Angels return to patrol the subway cars, Sliwa claimed.