NYC traffic enforcement agents seek peace officer status, greater protection from attack under state bill
NYC Traffic Enforcement Agents are making progress in their effort to seek peace officer status amid continued on-duty assaults, their union said on Thursday.
Representatives of CWA Local 1182, the union representing the city’s 2,300 traffic agents, gained support from City Council Deputy Speaker Nantasha Williams (D-Queens) in its push for peace officer status. Williams was expected to introduce into the Council a resolution on May 14 calling on state lawmakers to pass bills S.5763/A.6588, which would grant the agents this legal designation to improve protections.