page_title: Transit Enforcement Unit
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Transit Enforcement Unit / History
caption_attribution_description: English: en:TTC Special Constables in Bloor subway station.
context_page_description: The Transit Enforcement Unit is the transit law enforcement and corporate security unit of the Toronto Transit Commission in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. As of May 2019, the TEU employs 56 transit enforcement officers, and 63 transit fare inspectors.
context_section_description: Before the creation of the TEU, security on the TTC was limited to random patrols by Toronto police officers, and the TTC Corporate Security Department to provide in-house security relating to property offences.
  Since July of 1987, the TTC employed staff designated provincial offences officers, responsible for the enforcement of TTC by-laws, responding to calls for service, and protecting TTC employees, customers, and assets.
  Ten years later, in June 1997, the Toronto Police Services Board, with the approval of the Solicitor General, designated the employees responsible for safety and security as "special constables" under Section 53 of the Police Services Act. The designation was governed by a contractual relationship between the TTC and the Toronto Police Services Board.
  In 2009, the Toronto Police Service created a Transit Patrol Unit (TPU) to patrol the subway system and to provide direction and assistance to TEOs.
  In 2010, the Special Constable Services Department officers lost special constable status after allegations they were exceeding their authority. The agreement with the Toronto Police Service was officially terminated in February 2011. In September, the TTC reorganized the department and renamed it the Transit Enforcement Unit.
  Prior to the reorganization, the department was composed of three sections: Transit Enforcement, Investigative services, and System Security.
  In 2014, the TEU regained special constable status.
caption: TTC constables in Bloor–Yonge station
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