A report issued Wednesday found that New Orleans parking enforcement officers made themselves look busy by ticketing cars of on-duty law enforcement personnel, wasted time in coffee shops and at least one retaliated against a business by ticketing its employees customers.
NEW ORLEANS — It seems some New Orleans parking enforcement officers have been taking a Big Easy approach to their jobs, parking themselves in coffee shops for hours at a time rather than hitting the steamy streets, and one even retaliated against a business that complained by ticketing its employees and customers.
Those were two of the problems outlined in a report issued Wednesday by the city’s Inspector General, who also said some parking officials made themselves look busy by ticketing cars parked near federal buildings and City Hall.