CTA signs another $30.9 million security contract with a focus on… turnstile jumpers – CWB Chicago

The CTA will pay a private security company $30.9 million over the next 18 months for “up to 100” unarmed security guards and 50 canines a day. Teams fwill be “deployed near station turnstiles to deter fare evasion and increase the overall security presence at stations,” according to CTA. That’s in addition to the $71 million contract that Chicago’s transit agency gave to a different security firm in April.