The cost to the city and impact on racialized residents of the mayor’s plans were issues raised by politicians in letter sent to mayor on Monday. Tory responded by pointing to other staffing decisions made regarding public transit amid a spike in violence.
the city’s plan to tackleIn a letter delivered to the mayor’s office on Monday afternoon, a half-dozen left-leaning council members — Amber Morley, Gord Perks, Alejandra Bravo, Ausma Malik, Josh Matlow and Paula Fletcher — laid out a series of what they described as “urgent questions” about the Toronto Police Service’s deployment of an additional 80 officers to patrol the TTC.
Noting that Toronto Police data has shown the service has used force against Black, Indigenous and other racialized residents at disproportionately high rates, the councillors questioned what plans are being developed to ensure those groups won’t face increased discrimination as a result of the new transit security measures.
Late Monday afternoon, after Tory’s office had received the letter but before it was made public, the city announced additional security measures for the TTC it said would go into effect this week.
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