Mr Young said: "The thing that shocks me is the guy was doing his job. They are not drivers, they are people that's just walking down the street and they've set about a person doing his public duty, and that is just not acceptable. I'm very pleased that we've actually got it on CCTV and hopefully the people will be brought to justice." The attack happened at about midday, outside a florist in the street.
In the footage, the officer can be seen writing down car numbers in his book as the three men approach. As they pass, one of them spits in his book, and the officer can be seen following the men and challenging them. Another of the men grabbed the officer's pen during an exchange of words and shoved it in his face. The same man then karate kicked the officer in the head, causing him to fall to the ground.
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The footage then shows two of the men running away into a nearby Tesco car park. Several people then stopped to help the officer. "It's great to think that people actually react in such a way and want to help somebody, whether you've got a traffic warden's uniform on or not," said Mr Young. Police are appealing for anyone with information about the attack to come forward.
3 comments:
i dont get peoples out of proportion hate for traffic wardens. Sure its annoying to get tickets but its no reason to kick someone in the face...
Totally agreed with the 'no reason to kick someone in the face'. However, some traffic wardens are paid on commission and therefore will do anything they can to slap the ticket on. I've seen some be really unreasonable, bordering on aggressive...
No traffic wardens in Britain are paid on commission. Traffic wardens are, remember, employed by the police.
There are however some patrollers enforcing paid parking sometimes working for council contractors who are on some sort of commission. These people are not traffic wardens, they do not resemble traffic wardens, nor do they do the same job as traffic wardens.
Traffic wardens deal with illegal parking. Civic patrollers (or whatever they are called in your area) deal with issues in paid parking areas both on and off street.
These are not the same
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