Plans to explore a system that could have led to parking tickets residents report parking violators by submitting photos have been ditched for the time being amid public outcry.

City council's public works committee voted in favour of temporarily stopping the Winnipeg Parking Authority from pursuing a photo-based public-reporting system for parking violations during a special meeting Monday.

The proposal was to "explore opportunities to leverage technology and community involvement" to identify parking violations through photo reporting, allowing the parking authority "to issue tickets by mail and redeploy officers to priority complaints," according to a city report .

News the authority was exploring such a system led to concerns among some city councillors and residents who worried t

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