Parking enforcement officer

A parking enforcement officer issuing a ticket to a vehicle in Copenhagen, Denmark

A parking enforcement officer (PEO),[1][2] traffic warden[1] (British English), parking inspector/parking officer[3] (Australia and New Zealand), or civil enforcement officer[1] is a member of a traffic control agency, local government, or police force who issues tickets for parking violations. The term parking attendant is sometimes considered a synonym[4] but sometimes used to refer to the different profession of parking lot attendant.[2]

In the United States, even where parking meters are no longer used, the term "meter maid" is often still used to refer to female PEOs.[5][6]

  1. ^ a b c "Civil enforcement officer | Explore careers". National Careers Service.
  2. ^ a b United States Department of Labor Dictionary of Occupational Titles, classification number 375.587-010
  3. ^ "561913 Parking Inspector". ANZSCO.
  4. ^ "Confessions of a parking attendant". BBC News. 1 June 2005.
  5. ^ Publishers, HarperCollins. "The American Heritage Dictionary entry: meter maid". www.ahdictionary.com.
  6. ^ Entry for "meter maid" in the Random House Dictionary, 2011.