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Concerns raised about TTC fare inspectors carrying batons & handcuffs
Read More: http://www.citynews.ca/2014/12/11/c...tc-fare-inspectors-carrying-batons-handcuffs/
A Toronto city councillor says he’s disturbed that the TTC’s new fare inspectors will be armed with batons and handcuffs. Coun. Gord Perks says arming the inspectors is “inappropriate” and sends the wrong message to commuters.
“Right now the TTC is putting staff onto transit vehicles that are armed with batons and carry handcuffs that don’t have any supervision or public accountability through the police service. That’s just wrong.” --- Since August, some fare inspectors have been carrying what the TTC calls “self-defence” tools, as they inspect proof-of-payment on streetcar routes that allow all-door boarding.
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These paranoid wannabe cops can lose the batons. If other TTC employees don't need them, then these fare inspectors don't need them either.