Like many people, my experience of traffic wardens has always been negative - whether it's seeing a doomed neon yellow ticket on my windscreen or eyeing up someone in uniform patrolling my street. I know that sinking feeling of getting hit with a parking fine all too well.
But what does it feel like to be the one in power, igniting fear in the general public and issuing charges with the flick of a handheld electronic computer? I got to tag along with Darren Best, a civil enforcement officer (that's his official title) from Bristol City Council, to find out.
