A professional who patrols assigned area, such as public parking lot or section of city, to issue tickets to overtime parking violators.

• Winds parking meter clocks.
• Surrenders ticket book at end of shift to supervisor to facilitate preparation of violation records.
• May report missing traffic signals or signs to superior at end of shift.
• May chalk tires of vehicles parked in unmetered spaces, record time, and return at specified intervals to ticket vehicles remaining in spaces illegally.
• May collect coins deposited in meters.
• When patrolling metered spaces, may be known as Meter Attendant.