City of Montreal hires private security to patrol downtown areas

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City of Montreal hires private security to patrol downtown areas

"Really act on criminality," says Robert Beaudry, a city councillor in Montreal's Ville-Marie, as the city hired private security guards to patrol high-crime areas downtown like the Village, Chinatown and Old Montreal. Alyssia Rubertucci reports.

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