You have to see it to believe it, say New York City traffic enforcement agents who want body-worn cameras so their NYPD bosses and the public will understand the daily abuse they suffer from parking scofflaws and other miscreant motorists.
The union representing the city’s 2,500 traffic agents — who are part of the NYPD and write parking tickets and direct traffic — are asking in contract talks for the same type of body-worn cameras used by police officers.
“It is very important issue for our members’ safety,” said Sayed Rahim, president of the traffic enforcement agents’ union, Communication Workers of America Local 1182.
