Cities need to hire more security officers for their transit systems and give them more power to curb dangerous behaviour on trains and buses, the Canadian Urban Transit Association said Monday as it published a list of recommendations to respond to a recent spate of violent attacks on public transit.
The association made 27 recommendations today to improve rider and staff safety on public transit, including a demand to hire more on-the-ground peace officers, special constables, and police officers.
He said the federal government should also amend the Criminal Code to include specific offences against all transit workers, not just transit operators. Multiple reports of stabbings have come over the last few months on transit systems including one that resulted in the death of a 16-year-old boy in Toronto last month.
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