They’re seemingly everywhere, often to motorists’ frustration. But traffic enforcement agents’ ubiquity adds up to about $1 billion in revenue for the city, according to their union’s president……
5/22/23 NYPD TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT AGENTS SAY THEIR SAFETY IS AT RISK DAILY NEWS
They’re not just meter maids anymore. NYPD traffic enforcement agents, once relegated to just writing parking tickets and directing traffic, have been given new duties over the last few years from recovering…….
NYPD traffic agents bristle at prospect of being shifted to another city agency
For traffic enforcement agents (TEAs), the thought of the NYPD being defunded by as much as $1 billion in the next budget comes with concerns their role will be transferred to the city Department of Transportation…….
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NYPD TEA say their safety is at risk as they handle more duties usually done by cops
They’re not just meter maids anymore. NYPD traffic enforcement agents, once relegated to just writing parking tickets and directing traffic, have been given new duties over the last few years from recovering stolen automobiles to handling fender benders to responding to 311 complaints about blocked driveways — all jobs traditionally handled by actual police officers…… […]