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The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) plans to double the number of security cameras across its rail system, as well as work with city police to increase riders’ security, CTA President Forrest Claypool announced Monday.

The cameras will be installed along platforms and in other non-public areas during the next six months. An accelerated bidding process with pre-certified technology vendors will be used to speed up the installation, Claypool said in a prepared statement.

“We’re cutting the red tape that has delayed installation of these cameras,” he said. “Using this innovative approach, we will saturate our system with cameras so that potential criminal activity is recorded no matter where it occurs.”

CTA security camera footage has been used by police to solve CTA-related crimes as well as crimes that occur near CTA rail stations and buses. Currently, 1,500 security cameras are in use.

The new security plan also calls for the Chicago Police Department to deploy so-called “wolfpack” teams and plainclothes officers to patrol the system.