TruckCreative7096 t1_j5oduta wrote on January 24, 2023 at 1:10 PM

Reply to comment by SomeLikeItRaw in More 'boots' on the ground?' "DC looks to hire more officers to address rise in illegally parked cars" by SomeLikeItRaw

Couldn’t those people be used elsewhere if we applied a bounty program in DC? If citizens were allowed to ticket, they would not need a street ticketing team. The current parking enforcement people could be utilized for booting, vin checking for tow, the stuff they don’t have the manpower or time for now.

SomeLikeItRaw OP t1_j5p7muy wrote on January 24, 2023 at 4:41 PM

No because people are only reporting illegal parking in flagrant cases, and hardly even that. For every person that reports a car parked on the sidewalk, there are 20+, maybe 50+ people that just walk around it.

Deputizing all meter maids to do booting of serial moving violators though seems ideal

TruckCreative7096 t1_j5pvip8 wrote on January 24, 2023 at 7:06 PM

Oh my goodness, some of the bounties in NYC are huge. I think it’s half the ticket amount. I don’t even have a shitty job but please believe I would be out there doing my part with my fellow Washingtonians💯. I have a feeling people would be RACING to send the first pic of the violation.