How do they match: Parking Enforcement Workers

  • 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.
  • Maintain assigned equipment and supplies, such as hand-held citation computers, citation books, rain gear, tire-marking chalk, and street cones.
  • Maintain close communications with dispatching personnel, using two-way radios or cell phones.
  • Make arrangements for illegally parked or abandoned vehicles to be towed, and direct tow-truck drivers to the correct vehicles.
  • Respond to and make radio dispatch calls regarding parking violations and complaints.

  • Maintain mechanical equipment.
  • Maintain supply or equipment inventories.
  • Relay information about incidents or emergencies to personnel using phones or two-way radios.