Overview

• The City Council’s Public Safety Committee approved creating a working group to finalize a pilot that moves parking-related 911 calls to the Department of Finance.
• The test would run in the 8th and 19th police districts, with Finance staff responding to reports such as abandoned vehicles or blocked bike lanes.
• The preliminary design calls for coverage from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily with two shifts and up to four enforcers on duty per district, with police handling overnight calls.
• Backers estimate a $2.6 million cost for two districts and project potential net revenue of about $4.4 million, while hiring eight new enforcers per district for at least a year.
• Unresolved issues for the working group include tow-truck protocols in hazardous situations and safeguards to prevent disproportionate ticketing in majority-Black and Latino communities.