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. >> reporter: trevor adams, the president of the parking control officer's union says that she is not alone in her experience. >> we deal with everything from objects being thrown at us, all of the way up to official assaults, threats being made on our lives and our family. >> reporter: sfmta said in a at the same time they prioritize their employee's safety and safety incidents are down 48% since 2018. they say the officer's get deescalation training, self-defense tools and have access to a dispatch center that communicates directly with the police. but adams says they are calling on sfmta to do more >> i would like them to include us in the conversation more realistically. actually go ahead and hear what they have to say. >> reporter: he says the parking control officers did not know about the intensive parking enforcement sweeps that were announced by the director. >> it was kind of shocking to me because, you know, we do have forms where we can meet with the mayor and with our leadership and never once have we been brought into that conversation. we found out on the news just like
. >> reporter: trevor adams, the president of the parking control officer's union says that she is not alone in her experience. >> we deal with everything from objects being thrown at us, all of the way up to official assaults, threats being made on our lives and our family. >> reporter: sfmta said in a at the same time they prioritize their employee's safety and safety incidents are down 48% since 2018. they say the officer's get deescalation training, self-defense tools and...
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. >> reporter: trevor adams, the president of the parking control officers union, says she's not alone in her experience. >> we deal with everything from objects being thrown at us all the way up to physical assaults, threats made on our lives and our families. >> reporter: sfmta said in a statement they prioritize their employees' safety and that safety incidents are down 48% since 2018. they say the officers get deescalation training, self-defense tools, and have access to a dispatch center that communicates directly to police. but adams says they're calling on sfmta to do more. >> i would like sfmta to include us in the conversation more realistically, actually go ahead and hear what they have to say. >> reporter: he says the parking control officers didn't know about the intensive parking enforcement sweeps recently announced by the sfmta director. >> it was kind of shocking to me because, you know, we do have forums where we can meet with the mayor and with our leadership and never once have we been, you know, brought into that conversation. we found out on the news just like ever
. >> reporter: trevor adams, the president of the parking control officers union, says she's not alone in her experience. >> we deal with everything from objects being thrown at us all the way up to physical assaults, threats made on our lives and our families. >> reporter: sfmta said in a statement they prioritize their employees' safety and that safety incidents are down 48% since 2018. they say the officers get deescalation training, self-defense tools, and have access to a...
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now, in a statement, trevor adams, a parking control officer, said, quote, not only are we already risking our safety every day out there doing work, we are not trained or fully equipped to deal with, but we're also expected to work. what that would excuse me to deal with, but we're also expected to do work that would traditionally be associated with the police or public works. now parking control officers also said that they have received death threats and had guns and other weapons pulled on them while confronting drug dealers or users who were double parked on san francisco streets. sfmta workers added that the announcement of this new intensified ticketing plan came as a surprise to them. they say they heard about it on the news just at the same time as everybody else in the public did. now the director, though, of the sfmta, did say that this whole new ticketing plan is made possible because the front line ticket people who issues those tickets are at fully staffed levels for the first time since before the covid 19 pandemic. but again, these workers say they are have increased safety
now, in a statement, trevor adams, a parking control officer, said, quote, not only are we already risking our safety every day out there doing work, we are not trained or fully equipped to deal with, but we're also expected to work. what that would excuse me to deal with, but we're also expected to do work that would traditionally be associated with the police or public works. now parking control officers also said that they have received death threats and had guns and other weapons pulled on...
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now, in a statement, trevor adams, a parking control officer, said, quote, not only are we already risking our safety every day out there doing work, we are not trained or fully equipped to deal with, but we're also expected to do work that would traditionally be associated with the police or public works. now, parking control officers also said that they've received death threats, had guns and other weapons pulled on them while confronting drug dealers or users who are double parked here in san francisco. sfmta workers added that this announcement of the new intensified ticketing plan came as a surprise to them. they say they actually found out about it on the news at the same time as the general public did, but i can tell you this intensified ticketing program already sort of evident out here this morning. we've been out here since about 430 this morning, and a member of our crew went to a starbucks just a couple blocks down the road. couldn't have been inside that coffee shop for more than two minutes or so, and was immediately given a ticket. me and my photographer were still in a car
now, in a statement, trevor adams, a parking control officer, said, quote, not only are we already risking our safety every day out there doing work, we are not trained or fully equipped to deal with, but we're also expected to do work that would traditionally be associated with the police or public works. now, parking control officers also said that they've received death threats, had guns and other weapons pulled on them while confronting drug dealers or users who are double parked here in...
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in a statement, trevor adams, a parking control officer, said this not only are we already risking our safety every day out there doing work, we are not trained or fully equipped to deal with, but we're also expected to do work that would traditionally be associated with the police or public works. now, parking control officers also said that they have received death threats and had guns and other weapons pulled on them while confronting drug dealers or users who are double parked in san francisco. sfmta workers added that the announcement of this new intensified. ticketing plan came as a surprise to them, and said that they heard about this new plan on the news at the same time as everybody else. they say that represented that represents the lack of voice that they have, that frontline workers have in san francisco. now, the intensified ticketing plan will target drivers again, illegally parked in red zones, crosswalks or in front of fire hydrants, or even parked on sidewalks. here, the director of the sfmta said that this new intensified ticketing plan is really made possible and tha
in a statement, trevor adams, a parking control officer, said this not only are we already risking our safety every day out there doing work, we are not trained or fully equipped to deal with, but we're also expected to do work that would traditionally be associated with the police or public works. now, parking control officers also said that they have received death threats and had guns and other weapons pulled on them while confronting drug dealers or users who are double parked in san...