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Members of a new security force tasked with improving safety on Winnipeg Transit buses are set to begin training next week.
The city says 21 community safety team officers and two supervisors will begin preparing for the job Jan. 15.
“The community safety team will help ensure Winnipeg Transit buses and shelters are safe spaces for both drivers and riders,” Mayor Scott Gillingham said Wednesday in a news release. “This is (a) significant step to enhance public safety and build confidence in the transit system as we look to completely redesign the route network in 2025.”
The release says the team will be tasked with “bringing trauma-informed support to individuals in need while improving public safety,” initially focusing on the Winnipeg Transit system.
The initial training will include mediation and conflict resolution, non-violent crisis intervention and community engagement and is expected to take about six weeks.
The city said Transit officers will begin patrolling buses shortly after, though an exact date was not released.
A separate city report notes provincial changes to the Police Services Act, which are needed to allow the community safety team, have not yet been proclaimed.
However, the proclamation is expected to “occur imminently,” the report notes.
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