TTC fare inspectors, constables will try wearing body cameras

Pilot project among changes to use-of-force policy

- RAJU MUDHAR

TTC special constables at the Keele subway station in 2023. Under an updated policy, special constables will be authorized to use force to protect the peace, while fare inspectors can only use force for self-defence.

TTC fare inspectors and special constables will be wearing body cameras as part of a pilot project that will run until early next year.

Approved by the TTC board at a meeting on Thursday as part of updating the transit agency’s use-offorce policy, 20 fare inspectors and 20 special constables will use the cameras for six weeks at a time, before the technology rotates to other employees. The project will start in May and last nine months. Fourteen in-car cameras will also be added to special constable’s vehicles.