A VIDEO showing a Bournemouth man’s dispute with parking wardens and police has been viewed more than a million times on Facebook.

A police investigation is now under way after the man questioned why he had been given parking tickets during the coronavirus lockdown.

A parking warden complained to police after the man filmed them, claiming wardens had been verbally abused by the man.

The video, taken outside the man’s home near Boscombe pier, has attracted huge interest on social media.

The video is taken by the man himself and he relentlessly questions why he has been given parking tickets.

He tells officers he has a permit to park outside his home but that spaces have been taken up by other people.

He also questions why five officers attended his home to look into the incident.

A spokesman for Dorset Police told the Daily Echo: “Dorset Police received a report at around 11.30am on Sunday March 29 that a man was filming civil enforcement officers in Undercliff Road in Bournemouth. Officers attended and spoke with the motorist involved.

“Subsequently officers received a formal complaint from one of the enforcement officers that they had been verbally abused. Officers attended the address of the man to invite him to attend for a voluntary interview to be questioned in relation to a public order offence. Enquiries into the incident are ongoing and no arrests have been made.”

Addressing the issue of the number of police who attended the man’s home, they added: “The number of officers deployed was based on our standard risk assessment, taking into account information available to officers and a number of other factors that we are unable to go into full details of.

“The officers attending included two tutor constables who are currently training three student officers who can be seen in the footage. We are committed to developing these students so they can assist with our resilience in the coming weeks. The whole incident was captured on body worn video camera.”