How do they match: Parking Enforcement Workers

  • Enter and retrieve information pertaining to vehicle registration, identification, and status, using hand-held computers.
  • Identify vehicles in violation of parking codes, checking with dispatchers when necessary to confirm identities or to determine whether vehicles need to be booted or towed.
  • Investigate and answer complaints regarding contested parking citations, determining their validity and routing them appropriately.
  • Maintain close communications with dispatching personnel, using two-way radios or cell phones.
  • Perform traffic control duties such as setting up barricades and temporary signs, placing bags on parking meters to limit their use, or directing traffic.
  • Provide information to the public regarding parking regulations and facilities, and the location of streets, buildings and points of interest.

  • Inform the public about policies, services or procedures.
  • Use databases to locate investigation details or other information.
  • Relay information about incidents or emergencies to personnel using phones or two-way radios.
  • Relay information between personnel.