{"id":933234,"date":"2026-10-14T22:40:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T22:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/933234\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T22:40:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T22:40:09","slug":"montreal-promises-major-boost-to-metro-security-ahead-of-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/933234\/","title":{"rendered":"Montreal promises major boost to m\u00e9tro security ahead of winter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Montreal will hire 52 additional special constables, deploy more police officers and expand social intervention teams in its m\u00e9tro network as part of six measures announced Tuesday to improve safety ahead of winter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The plan, unveiled at Place-des-Arts station, also includes expanded surveillance and more frequent m\u00e9tro service. It comes after years of efforts to address safety concerns in the network, which faces added pressure during colder months as people experiencing homelessness seek warmth in stations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe m\u00e9tro is an essential service, and everyone should be able to use it with confidence,\u201d Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Montreal will hire 52 additional special constables, deploy more police officers and expand social intervention teams in its&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":933235,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[49,48,295,9929,92296,151490,66],"class_list":["post-933234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-environment","tag-metro","tag-news-videos","tag-public-transit","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/933234","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=933234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/933234\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/933235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=933234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=933234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=933234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}