The TTC has made a dramatic change in the leadership of its transit enforcement unit, with the departure Monday of two senior officers.

TTC spokesman Brad Ross confirmed that there were changes at the top of the enforcement squad but would not provide names.

The Star has learned, however, that deputy chief Fergie Reynolds and staff sergeant Al Findlay, who was in charge of training new officers, are no longer with the TTC.

Neither of the two senior officers, however, is implicated in the investigation that led to the firing in January of eight of the TTC’s 42 enforcement officers.

It’s alleged those eight officers wrote tickets to homeless people to hide the fact they were doing personal errands, surfing the Internet and socializing when they were supposed to be working.

Five were charged criminally with obstructing justice and fabricating evidence.

“A leadership change, we felt, was necessary to move forward as we rebuild that unit,” Ross told the Toronto Star.

Transit officials say they are trying to persuade the Toronto Police Services Board to reinstate “special constable” status to the TTC’s officers, which would give them more authority to tackle offences in the system.

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