Federal funds will allow the Toronto Police Service to hire an additional 36 officers to help with traffic and transit.
But spokespersons for both the Toronto Transit Commission and the police said Thursday the details remain to be worked out as to how those new staff will be deployed.
"We stopped and looked around and figured that's where we'd get the biggest bang for the buck," Chief William Blair told The Globe and Mail in an article published Wednesday.
He said the officers will help address problems such as congestion, accident reduction and policing dedicated bus lanes.
The officers should also help with regular foot patrols on the subway system and more police presence around high-risk bus route.
Police spokesperson Mark Pugash told ctvtoronto.ca that he really couldn't add to what Blair told the Globe.
Brad Ross, a TTC spokesperson, told ctvtoronto.ca that it hasn't been worked out yet as to how the new officers will be deployed.
The TTC currently has 103 Special Constables who are peace officers with the same powers of arrest as police officers. However, they are not armed.
The plan is to expand the number of special constables to 176 by 2011.
"This will bolster and support ... to our safety and security forces both in the subway and on the streets," Ross said.
This current expansion comes a week after a high-profile shooting at Osgoode subway station that left one man with two gunshot wounds.
Although a suspect was captured on security cameras leaving the station, and at other points in the TTC system, no arrest has been made yet.
