Montreal Transit Special Constables Poised to Receive Pepper-Gel Weapon

Montreal Transit Special Constables Poised to Receive Pepper-Gel Weapon
People wear face masks as they commute via metro in Montreal, on Oct. 17, 2020. The Canadian Press/Graham Hughes
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Montreal’s public transit authority is poised to equip its security officers with cayenne pepper aerosol gel, pending approval from its board at a meeting this evening.

The officers, known as special constables, already carry telescopic batons, but the authority says the gel would be a better de-escalation tool during interventions involving people in crisis.