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Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow is backing a transit safety plan to hire 178 new frontline staff, mostly by adding more customer service agents at transit stations. 

Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow is backing a transit safety plan to hire 178 new frontline staff, mostly by adding more customer service agents at transit stations. 

Cities need to hire more security officers for public transit systems and give them more power to curb dangerous behaviour on trains and buses, the association said.

Cities need to hire more security officers for public transit systems and give them more power to curb dangerous behaviour on trains and buses, the association said.

A man is in custody after he was reportedly running around with a knife or scissors at a Toronto subway station Friday afternoon, police say. 

A man is in custody after he was reportedly running around with a knife or scissors at a Toronto subway station Friday afternoon, police say. 

The report, released by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) in April, suggests the number of total offences involving customers dropped from 136 in January to 111 in February.

The report, released by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) in April, suggests the number of total offences involving customers dropped from 136 in January to 111 in February.

A police spokesperson told Global News officers were called to Dufferin Station, at Dufferin and Bloor streets, at 10:53 a.m. April 7.

Toronto council began its session Thursday with a moment of silence for Gabriel Magalhaes, the teen who was stabbed to death in an unprovoked attack at Keele subway station.