D.C. groups could pay for extra parking enforcement patrols

Eligible groups could pay the Department of Public Works for parking patrols under written agreements. Businesses, nonprofits, promoters or organizers of District-licensed special events, business improvement districts, DC Main Streets programs, universities, other entities the Mayor designates, and groups of these entities could participate. Staffing must allow the patrols, using only officers working overtime who would otherwise be off duty. Officers would enforce rules impartially, use their own judgment, and answer only to their commanding officers. The Mayor would establish help with part of the cost only if funding is available. These provisions would take effect after mayoral approval or a Council veto override and a 30-day congressional review period.

Campus police could issue parking tickets in specified areas. Officers could ticket on property they police, public areas bordered on both sides by that property, and public parking spaces reserved for people affiliated with or visiting that property. The school would first have to notify the District and certify that officers completed training comparable to the department’s. Laws expressly barring particular categories or organizations of campus police from parking enforcement would still apply. This authority would take effect after mayoral approval or a Council veto override and a 30-day congressional review period.