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Placement of critical negative material in the lead re. "nazis", stab proof vests, target-driven fining approaches etc. is NPOV and gives undue weight to a partisan (eg. selfish car-owning) view of these workers. Will change the article and move it to a subsection accordingly.
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This article should not be merged as neither "traffic warden" nor "parking enforcement officers" have a consistent international meaning. At the least, both articles require clear separation and identification of nation-specific
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