They get justice for private citizens — yet they endanger them at the same time.
City marshals — private citizens appointed by the mayor to secure civil court judgments on behalf of victorious plaintiffs — are among the city’s worst super-speeders, with just 30 of them racking up 647 speed-camera infractions and 102 red-light tickets, virtually all since 2020, city records show.
Streetsblog obtained a list of 30 city marshals who have been issued parking placards and found that all but one had racked up camera-issued tickets for reckless driving. And 12 of these law-enforcement officials — or 40 percent — have gotten at least 10 school-zone speeding tickets since 2020…