Politics & Government
New Canaan to Buy Body Cameras for Parking Enforcement Officers
Recent run-ins between the officers and angry drivers prompted the decision.
New Canaan, CT - A couple of recent angry exchanges between motorists and New Canaan parking enforcement officers has prompted the town to equip the staff with body cameras as a potential deterrent.
The town will spend nearly $3,700 to buy five such cameras for parking officers, writes Michael Dinan of NewCanaanite.com.
Earlier this month, a Norwalk woman and a parking enforcement officer got into an argument over a parking ticket that resulted in the woman being arrested, one of a couple of similar exchanges in recent years.
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First Selectman Rob Mallozzi called the purchase "really sad," NewCanaanite.com reports, in part because members of the parking staff are simply doing their jobs.
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