The volunteer crime-prevention group will bring extra security to Red Line stations.

A Guardian Angel-in-training was assaulted over the weekend inside the Anacostia Metro station after he intervened in a scuffle between a group and a pair of women.

Photo by Matt.Dunn.In recent weeks, the Guardian Angels — the unarmed, volunteer crime patrollers — have stepped up their patrols on Metro trains. Aside from the rare beating, the Angels are generally a positive force, especially on a sprawling system like Metro, which has plenty nooks and crannies that are really difficult for police to monitor. Angel patrols have been stepped up after several fights on Metro this summer: in the wake of the 70-person…

The Guardian Angels, who have been patrolling Green Line trains since last month’s large brawl, detained three men who were fighting Friday night. According to John Unique Ayala of the Guardian Angels, three men were observed arguing at the Navy Yard station. The argument escalated into a fight onboard the train, at which point a Guardian Angels patrol intervened. The patrol detained three men in their 20s until Metro Transit Police arrived at L’Enfant Plaza…

If there is an emergency in a metrorail tunnel and commuters need to be evacuated, a member of the new Metro Citizen Corps may guide their way to safety. That is of course, there happens to be a Citizen Corps member — or as DCeiver said yesterday, the “Junior Varsity version of the Guardian Angels” — at the scene of an emergency. WMATA today released details on its new program that in theory, will aid…