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Showing posts with label Parking control management. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Parking control management. Show all posts

Saturday, May 15, 2010

New Terror Monitors: Parking Attendants


Parking attendants and meter maids could be the nation's latest line of defense against terrorist attacks.

A new government program aims to train thousands of parking industry employees nationwide to watch for and report anything suspicious — abandoned cars, for example, or people hanging around garages, taking photographs or asking unusual questions.

Organizers say parking attendants and enforcement officers are as important to thwarting attacks as the two Times Square street vendors who alerted police to a smoking SUV that was found to contain a gasoline-and-propane bomb.'

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Thursday, April 30, 2009

Rogue Clamping Company to Help Set Code on Fair Parking

A rogue clamping company that overcharges drivers and rejects legitimate appeals has been appointed to a Government-backed body that aims to ensure fairness in parking enforcement.

Parking Control Management (PCM) is one of a group of companies entrusted with creating and enforcing a new code of conduct for the parking industry. Yet it has repeatedly breached the existing code by double-charging drivers. It forced an elderly couple to pay £375 to retrieve their car after they had parked on the forecourt of a boarded-up office for 30 minutes.

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