Off-duty Washington DC police can now be hired by Metro, following an agreement that officers can patrol stations in uniform during peak hours.

As outlined by NBC4 Washington, two DC police officers will be deployed in five stations – Metro Center, Gallery Place, Union Station, Georgia Avenue-Petworth and Congress Heights.

“Those stations are where we have the most crime and complaints at and disorder problems,” said Michael Anzallo, Metro Transit Police Chief.

“The real purpose of this is, how do we get our officers even closer to our customers and our riders so they can be on buses, be on trains,” Metro General Manager Randy Clarke said. “We just do not have enough uniform presence and a lot of this[…] is to bring visibility and show we are together one big partnership working together for a safer commute.”

The arrangement is funded through the middle of June.