{"id":649290,"date":"2026-05-05T12:29:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T12:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/649290\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T12:29:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T12:29:33","slug":"ontario-to-give-oc-transpo-special-constables-the-power-to-make-arrests-for-drug-use-on-public-transit-ctv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/649290\/","title":{"rendered":"Ontario to give OC Transpo special constables the power to make arrests for drug use on public transit &#8211; CTV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi2AFBVV95cUxONDZoSWVEV05LOW5DV1M2cGtrMkNSRzNMUmRabUtkSlkwd0xpWmtrYkZyeHBaWmVNUzdUMHZ0STNvMVEta3dwNmY4UzdtTEtsV21HOGlCRW5FSzU2WFpvMXd2b1B0M0xhY0xyWkNfZHA2Wnp3TWlLQjhmSzhuejFjSG81QnRsZG9UMzFNWndMeGtibi1LU1VPcG83ZktPVEFrNl9uOHpQU3RTNlBQR0NzVG85WTA1UW0zNWM4OElJcEl4OTZQZGpTNWd4eTduZWxtYk9CTVJtTUc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ontario to give OC Transpo special constables the power to make arrests for drug use on public transit<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CTV News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimAJBVV95cUxOem1VQ1VRYlNQc19QX3JNVk9hVG13dm9pYm1vQmNucnB2UWVEV0N4U1A2SmJjZ0NSN084T0NSc0VrbXZwNE11MnM2LUJsb3phM2dCUHB1NDYwUUF1RjFaZWx3QUhhVHRFZzNzTFMtZEhHSmdrWkY2UmZGMkNIUlowSHlqRnAwYnZLQUlGRjNwbHlhcnFqMl9mVWdGalBKTVg4WjZ5S2k1WTlENmZGYVIweVlfUG5uUXJlczdIaTAxWE5sdFRYMkdtX29LT3hSTHFCSndNWHBranA1cVpTem92OWNXemFSUXFXT3NPYUgya3pJVUN3OHVmVnZSVE9rV3Y4alpYRFZZY1lVclRKV0tSN3hBVUIxd3Yt?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Doug Ford promises enhanced powers allowing TTC special constables to arrest drug users<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Toronto Star<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilgFBVV95cUxPOE0zZ01WaDl0akdDcUphUkdlRTJxcTZWc1dPMkE3akZVS3dOOWk4ZEJHaXFqMkNyWHNRcUltTEVhZ2xvWTFqdFMtMXh2Sy13WnlTSUZwcElfeTNrb0JBM1ZmUjNqWC14NnZ0MHhfTlgzUGpkMXQ1UkxWUGE0amNGS1ZkT0ROSlhxR1A1Z1Rib0VqWk5fOGc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Special constables getting power to arrest for drug use on transit, Ontario solicitor general says<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiogFBVV95cUxPcXFGNWhVSHJyOWc0YUdHSVhERXp6d21fZ0dONlpVcExWanBBaVZQVGltUjJQUmFhb0FIZGo0YVp2SGVzTWhPcFl5TG1uYW4yRk9WSllzZFJ4NzhMZW5Ja1J0cjIwZ2UzZ0V3eXc3eFVXVGhQTnJqSnhlQ0N4SWR5WWRSa3FUY1VWdkQ1VEJZQWthaVRCdDlvUDFGb25XQ0JHdkE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ontario to allow special constables to arrest people using illegal drugs on public transit<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Globe and Mail<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMie0FVX3lxTE1LNkhnYm9pd2ZVdXlCUC1GbW5VOWZsMXZLLXc5U1F5R0Zsa3ZXd08xajlzWFBUdFQ0TzFWMHBBYWNUMi00RTFYbE5Sa3hiaFg3Rlc1UlpOaEVVU2NCNW9vNzFfdG9RaHNOYUFJSHRQZTZTYS1TeUR3NkhMYw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ford government planning new powers for transit constables to deal with drug use<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Global News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ontario to give OC Transpo special constables the power to make arrests for drug use on public transit&nbsp;&nbsp;CTV&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":649291,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-649290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=649290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649290\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/649291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=649290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=649290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=649290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}