At 9:40 this morning, a suspicious object was spotted on the light rail and called in by a citizen at the Amtrak station on 4th and I Streets, causing a flurry of emergency vehicles to come to the scene.

The Sacramento Police Department responded, and the Sacramento Fire Department, HAZMAT team, Federal Protective Services, District Attorney's Investigator and the FBI were all on the scene.

Cars were not allowed into the Amtrak parking lot to allow for emergency vehicle access, however, people on foot were allowed into the station. According to Sergeant Norm Leong of the Sacramento Police Department Public Information Office, Amtrak and light rail will still be running.

"First thing they’re going to do is send the robot in and that’ll allow us to determine if it’s a non-explosive or explosive and then we’ll go from there," Leong said. "The idea is to use the robot to kind of take a look at the item and decide what they want to do with it."

Jim Doucette, of the Fire Department PIO, said that the robot is a fairly new device, but that it's been used in drills and training.

"Our robot has the ability to go in and not only videotape broadcast a TV picture back to the command post, but it also has the ability to take air samples or take a sample of liquid," Doucette said. "It’s a good tool for us. It's totally remote control. Somebody will be operating it from a joystick from far away. It puts the robot into a situation that could be hazardous instead of putting a body in there."

At 11:50 a.m., the object was being x-rayed and all lines were running but not making stops at the Sacramento Valley Station.