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Posted 19 January 2018 - 01:18 PM

<p>Reviewing a proposed policy to use armed police officers to enforce fare payment is new Port Authority CEO Katharine Eagan Kelleman's first priority.</p>PITTSBURGH — Reviewing a proposed policy to use armed police officers to enforce fare payment is new Port Authority CEO Katharine Eagan Kelleman's first priority, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported.

The fare evasion proposal, which would be enforced by armed police officers, with violators subject to a $300 fine and a criminal background check when issued a citation, has come under fire from coalitions concerned about the possiblity of "deadly confrontations, the report said.

Kelleman said the policy will probably be decided before the agency begins cashless fares on the light-rail system, which isn’t expected until at least April, according to the Post-Gazette.

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Posted 07 March 2018 - 08:28 PM

Pittsburgh, PA Post-Tribune, 3/7/18:

 


Port Authority may nix plan to use police, charges for light rail fare enforcement

 

The Port Authority of Allegheny County, under new leadership, might nix a controversial plan to use armed police officers to enforce payment of light-rail fares.

 

 

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