Hundreds of Muni parking control officers rallied on Thursday outside the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency over concerns around beefed up enforcement.
As the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency prepares to ramp up parking enforcement in order to increase pedestrian safety and address a growing deficit, its officers outlined significant concerns.
San Francisco's police have expressed their concern that they would be subject to increased hostile situations and assaults for handing out parking tickets.
SFMTA parking control officers said they have received death threats and had guns and other weapons pulled on them while confronting drug dealers or users who are double-parked.