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The TTC needs transit police with authority to arrest..Not mall cops.
'Outrageous': Riders call for action on TTC safety
'Outrageous': Riders call for action on TTC safety
Some riders took to social media to express growing apprehension with using the TTC because of safety concerns.toronto.citynews.ca
The TTC does not need Transit Police, nor will they get them as the Toronto Police will not abide the jurisdictional overlap. What should happen is that the Transit Constables should be replaced one for one with regular Toronto police, with 50% of that budget going into the police budget, and 50% flowing through the TTC to the police in exchange for a set minimum quote of officer deployment.
Fare Enforcement, which is negligible should be see its budget cut by 1/2 to fund social worker and mental health worker teams to do outreach, both on their own and in support of police action to see that people are getting the help they need.