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More groups press Port Authority to use civilian fare checkers over armed officers

Port Authority administrators are reviewing the agency’s proposed policy to use armed officers to enforce fare payment when the light-rail system goes cashless early next year.

The announcement Friday that the agency is reviewing other enforcement options came after a broader coalition of groups renewed the call for the authority to use civilian fare checkers and treat nonpayment as a civil matter rather than a criminal offense. More than 15 speakers at the authority board’s monthly meeting called for the change, as speakers have at every meeting since February.

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