Parking problem at Osan spurs leaders to train ordinary airmen to bust violators

OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea — In a move to combat parking violations, Air Force leaders have resurrected a regulation allowing ordinary airmen to issue citations on this U.S. installation south of Seoul.

The program — allowed by 51st Fighter Wing Instruction 31-218 — has been on Osan’s books for nearly four years and authorizes commanders across the base to appoint those outside security forces to write parking tickets after completing a mandatory two-hour training session.

As of Friday, 25 airmen have completed the training and can now issue citations.

Violations at Osan are common and sometimes blatant: parking across solid diagonal lines, parking where it’s clearly not an option, parking under “No Parking” signs.

Read more at: https://www.stripes.com/1.619600