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Committee approves allowing community service officers to cite certain parking violations
Summary
A resolution expanding citation authority to community service officers under section 11.15 of the general ordinances passed by voice vote; police said CSOs typically handle parking and the change will free sworn officers for other duties.
The committee voted June 22 to allow community service officers to cite specified parking violations under section 11.15 of the general ordinances, extending CSO authority to additional property types such as some residential and apartment lots, according to police testimony.
A police department representative explained CSOs already issue many parking tickets and that the change is intended to free sworn officers to respond to other calls. “They write the tickets, the parking tickets anyway. They’re just restricted from this one particular section,” the police department representative said.
Committee members asked for examples of what would change; the police representative said commercial lots (for example, large retailers) have typically been covered and the expansion would include residential posted violations, but he deferred to the ordinance text for precise coverage and suggested the police chief could clarify at full council.
A committee member moved to approve; the motion was seconded and the committee approved the resolution by voice vote. The transcript records affirmations of 'aye' but does not show a roll-call tally.
The committee discussed moving the matter to the full council so the chief could answer technical questions about enforcement specifics when the resolution is scheduled for council consideration.
