BC’s Transportation Minister is admitting he shares concerns some people may have after the review into Transit police was released last week.
Blair Lekstrom says the report has some good news, but not where it comes to overtime, where costs came in at a million and a half dollars.
“Obviously the costs are very significant and when you look at what is going on with the overtime I share the concern of the public. I don’t blame the officers at all you can’t point the finger there it is a collective agreement that was negotiated but when you are looking at the kind of cost saving initiatives that Translink is going to have to look for, you know, that may well be one of the things they are going to have to investigate.”
Lekstrom says scheduling maybe one option for Translink as they address cutting back overtime while also maintaining the same levels of enforcement.
He says the good news is users seem to appreciate the transit police, and transit platforms are becoming safer.
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