1:40pm–#Bridgeport Connecticut– A driver of a ticketed SUV allegedly struck a Bridgeport Police Parking Enforcement Officer this afternoon on Wheeler Avenue at the intersection of Madison Avenue (next to Micalizzi’s Italian Ice (I can’t wait for them to open!)).  The driver of the vehicle was upset at receiving a ticket and allegedly struck the officer in the chest and then in the arm knocking his ticket machine to the ground.  The SUV was making it difficult for trucks to pull onto Wheeler Avenue being over two feet fromo the curb.  The SUV only ticketed for parking too  close to the curb and crosswalk.  The SUV was not ticketed for parking over two feet from the curb.  The parking enforcement officer was not injured.  Police are looking at surveillance cameras from the many businesses in the area.