Crossing guards such as Said Abufarick, pictured here greeting a child on the first day of school in 2017, would be replaced by police officers on sick or leave days in the past. Now, they will be replaced by security guards. Police say there are 600 part-time school crossing guards with the current program. They will undergo the same screening processes and training that TPS crossing guards went through. The estimated annual cost for the Neptune security guards is $10.4 million, or an increase of $1.6 million.

Source: thestar September 04, 2018 22:41 UTC