City swears in 60 traffic wardens to enforce parking laws

Sixty persons were sworn-in by the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) on Thursday to serve as traffic wardens under the city constabulary.

The wardens took their oath of office in the council’s chambers before Town Clerk Royston King and Chief Constable Andrew Foo.

Although employed by the city, the wardens would be paid by Smart City Solutions (SCS), the company contracted to administer the city’s controversial parking meter project. The wardens would be working with SCS as the enforcement arm of the company.

“You have been sworn and you are now part of a great team at the Mayor and City Council working with Smart City Solutions,” King told the wardens after they were sworn in.

He informed the wardens that they would be given additional training by SCS to help them in understanding their roles and duties.

“Your contribution to this initiative is vital to its success. As you are aware, the parking meter is a part of a wider plan to reorder and reorganize and reshape the city of Georgetown,” he added.

He further charged the wardens to embrace the values of respect, discipline, commitment, teamwork, and service as they carry out their duties.

King added that the M&CC is serviceoriented and since it is providing a vital service to the public they must at all-times be respectful as they carry out their duties.

Meanwhile, Foo told the wardens that they must at all times be professional despite the harsh working environment. “There are firms out there looking at you. …What I have seen the last couple of weeks has been above the expectation. We have to continue to do what we have been doing and you must continue to do that,” he stressed, while urging the wardens to keep up with changes and what is happening around them.