A Mercedes driver allegedly hit a parking enforcement officer with his car over a ticket
Police say the officer suffered minor injuries
Toronto police say they are investigating a possible incident of violence against a parking enforcement officer, after the driver of a white 2017 Mercedes Benz C63S convertible allegedly struck the officer with his vehicle over being issued a ticket.
According to a media release, the alleged incident occurred yesterday afternoon in the vicinity of Queens Quay East and Richardson Street.
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The parking enforcement officer suffered minor injuries.
Back in 2024, former Toronto Police Association president Jon Reid, who has since retired, responded to a steep rise in assaults against parking enforcement officers in the city. “They do not deserve to be cursed at, pushed, punched, let alone have to jump out of the way of a moving vehicle,” he said at a news conference. “They deserve to go home to their families and feel safe and unscathed.”
Following an awareness campaign that year, the number of occurrences dropped significantly.
In the media release issued this week, police said the Fail to Remain—Personal Injury Collision investigation remains ongoing.
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Carly Lewis is a journalist whose work has appeared in the New York Times and the New York Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, Wired, Interview Magazine, Pitchfork, Elle, and Maclean’s, where she is a contributing editor. Her work has been recognized by the National Magazine Awards and the Digital Publishing Awards. She reports on city life, culture—including what people do online—politics, art and crime. She received the Dave Greber Freelance Writers Award for “The Murder of Ashley Wadsworth,” an investigative feature about a Canadian teenager who was killed by a man she met on social media, published by Maclean’s.
