Six full-time City of Toronto Traffic Agents will be recommended for designation as special constables at next Thursday’s Toronto Police Services Board meeting. Once approved and sworn in, these newly hired individuals will be designated as special constables and will be permitted to manage traffic at signalized intersections in Toronto.

Under the Province’s Highway Traffic Act, only police officers are allowed to manage traffic at signalized intersections in Ontario. The Toronto Police Services Board, the City and the Toronto Police Service worked with the Province to ensure Traffic Agents could receive special constable designation and make this program possible.