Your parking tickets could soon be issued by the New Orleans Police Department instead of the Department of Public Works. One of the city council members who proposed the change says there’s a practical reason for it: safety.
“The issues have become particularly contentious in towing areas,” Councilman Joe Giarrusso said to WWL’s Tommy Tucker.
Giarrusso says that although parking enforcement officers will be civilian employees of the NOPD, he believes the NOPD is better equipped than the Department of Public Works to handle drivers who get aggressive or violent with crews trying to tow their cars…