Instead of calling them parking ticket quotas they are often referred to as "performance targets". Lt. Richard Mercer, supervised TEA'S (Traffic Enforcement Agents) in the City of New York for 27 years and he was elected and served as the President of the Traffic Agents Supervisors Union. He is one of the key members of our Consulting Team.

According to Lt. Mercer, if agents did not write enough tickets the City of New York would routinely discipline the Agent's up for lack of productivity. This could result in demotions, transfers to more dangerous areas of the City and moving the Agents to foot patrol from vehicle patrol. In other words they lose the key's to the City vehicle and have to walk. There is no greater incentive for agents to write summonses than a transfer to foot patrol.

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