At 9:15 pm, a private vehicle was observed parked 5 feet from a fire hydrant, using an NYPD placard from a different precinct to avoid being ticketed. (Reminder, the LAW requires 15 feet from a fire hydrant.)

This fact was called into 311, with complete details to identify the vehicle (make/model/license plate...). At 10:38 pm, the precinct closed out the complaint, stating: "The Police Department responded and upon arrival those responsible for the condition were gone."

But they weren't gone. The vehicle was observed in the exact same location at midnight.

Then it was observed again, STILL there at 7:50 am. At this point, it was joined by another illegally parked private vehicle. This second vehicle did not have a placard. It was ticketed, even while the vehicle ILLEGALLY using the NYPD placard to park ILLEGALLY was STILL not ticketed.

The Dirty Five-Two came to this location TWICE, observed an ILLEGALLY parked vehicle, and REFUSED to take the action their job requires. THIS IS THE JOB WE PAY THEM TO PERFORM!

This double standard is unethical. It is illegal. And it is SHOCKING, since this precinct is ALREADY UNDER INVESTIGATION for screwing around with parking tickets!

When you're under investigation for doing something wrong, and you decide to keep doing it wrong, you can't blame anybody for the consequences. These guys can have no complaint when they are finally HELD ACCOUNTABLE.

The dishonest cops so busy breaking the law with impunity within the confines of the Dirty Five-Two have a lot to confess. Unfortunately, I don't think that's why these guys keep parking illegally outside St. Brendan's.

So, here we go again this morning. Even with the Dirty Five-Two under investigation, they're driving by illegally parked cars nobody could possibly miss... without ticketing them.

The sign NO PARKING ANYTIME is clear to everybody. It's obvious nobody else is parking there. You can't drive by without this vehicle sticking out like a sore thumb... Oh, and this location has been reported to the Dirty Five-Two as a problem more than once.

But apparently if you're an officer in the Dirty Five-Two, the corruption runs so deep you WILL drive by WITHOUT DOING YOUR JOB... even while you KNOW YOU'RE UNDER INVESTIGATION for screwing around with parking tickets!

The dirty cops who won't do their jobs, who just steal our money, can't be fired fast enough!!!

Parked in a NO PARKING ANYTIME zone in the Bronx, with a Restricted placard from Queens Vice? That doesn't make any sense. Officers don't report to the corner of Perry and Holt Place to begin their shift in Queens Vice. I sure hope Vice officers are intelligent enough not to use an NYPD placard while they're on "official business."

And... Gee... This car sure looks familiar...

Maybe that's because it was already caught parking illegally IN THIS SAME SPOT just a few months ago:
http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/13494

But here we are, back again, with a dirty cop breaking the law while the Dirty Five-Two turns a blind eye.

Just how is it that nobody from the Five-Two managed to issue the necessary summons? This is, after all, a conspicuous location. And this is, after all, a location that has been brought to their attention repeatedly. And this is even a vehicle that has been reported to them, for illegally parking in this exact spot.

How is it that they managed to drive by all day long, and not issue a ticket? I don't think they're that inattentive. I really do think they're smart enough to understand this issue too.

The only explanation that makes sense is that they're just so corrupt they really think they're going to get away with this collusion to steal a few extra benefits. They think they have the power to allow their buddies to break the law with impunity. Who cares about BREAKING THE LAW, right? Who is going to do something about it? The cops? They're the cops!

Well, we ARE a nation of laws. We are the country that allows citizens to make arrests. And THIS community will not tolerate this type of corruption.

Some advice: park legally, and ticket EVERY vehicle that is not legally parked. Or go find a new job!

Be aware, we're not going away - WE LIVE HERE. Sure, you can keep breaking the law for a little while, but THE LAW will eventually come for you!

So, here is a dirty NYPD cop, using his Restricted NYPD placard (from another precinct, no "official business" in sight, far from any police house...) to park illegally. Of course, he's parking illegally as a copy in the Dirty Five-Two, so they do NOTHING.

As ALWAYS, the cops here in the Dirty Five-Two did not ticket the vehicle. Even after residents talked to them IN PERSON about this EXACT location. Even after it was called into 311.

(Location is signed NO PARKING ANYTIME because it must remain clear for emergency vehicles to be able to turn the corner. A fire earlier this year burned the supermarket to the ground. Dirty Five-Two just doesn't care about our safety, or enforcing the law, or obeying it...)

Meanwhile, at THIS SAME SPOT, just this week, the honest officers from the MTA Police have arrested a guy for using a stolen placard.

That's right. The MTA Police made a special trip to enforce the law after the matter was brought to their attention. Meanwhile, the Dirty Five-Two can't be bothered to stop the car while they're ALREADY driving by, even after multiple discussions with the local community.

The difference between the REAL HEROES and the Dirty Five-Two couldn't be more clear!

Continued parking placard abuse by those charged with enforcing the law.

These self-centered hypocrites prove that parking rules are simply a revenue source for a mayor with no new ideas.

The city council seems good with providing a third term for a Lord Farquard Mayor and a two button toilet but can't seem to manage to get the police to obey the law.

For more posts follow links provided below:

http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/454

http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/1000

http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/1068

http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/1069

http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/1072

http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/1073

http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/1074

http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/1085

http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/8122

http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/8389

http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/8525

http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/9080

http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/11544

This driver was using somebody else's placard to park illegally in a crosswalk. This is pretty common here.

They're working hard here in the Dirty Five-Two... working hard at breaking the law, that is!

Parked in a NO PARKING ANYTIME zone, nowhere near any precinct, no police activity in sight, no excuse whatsoever to use an NYPD Restricted placard in a totally different precinct. And, as always, not ticketed by the corrupt cops at the Dirty Five-Two.

Let's be clear. Let's speak the TRUTH. When you see several personal vehicles parked illegally, proudly displaying their illegal use of NYPD Restricted placards, and the precinct does nothing about it day after day, they are telling everybody THEY HAVE NO RESPECT FOR THE LAW.

These dirty cops could care less about enforcing the law. They like being in charge. They like giving themselves special privileges the law does not give to them.

But, we're the ones who pay them. And we pay them to ENFORCE the law, not BREAK it.

It's time for the people breaking the law to be held accountable. If they park illegally, they should be fired. If they refuse to ticket their buddies when their buddies are breaking the law, they should be fired too.

If you won't do your job, we'll find somebody else who is honest enough to actually get the job done!

Maybe it was too hard to read the bright red sign that said NO STANDING ANYTIME?

With the clear pavement markings, there's no way he couldn't tell this was not a legal parking space.

This is not a self-enforcement zone, so the NYPD Restricted placard is not valid. There was absolutely no police activity in the area, so there's no rationalization that the officer was "responding" to an incident.

This was early in the evening, and there were several legal parking spots around the area, so the lame excuse that it's too hard for the police to obey the law when they get home late doesn't even apply.

There is no conceivable excuse. This is laziness and arrogance at its worst.

Dirty cops like this give all the other hardworking cops a bad name. But then again, the Dirty Five-Two allow this behavior to happen, by refusing the enforce the law when it comes to their buddies.

AND THIS IS A CHRONIC LOCATION THE COMMUNITY HAS MONITORED AND DISCUSSED AT LENGTH WITH THE PRECINCT FOR OVER A YEAR!

Shame on all these crooks. We are paying them, and they are not doing the job. Fire them already!

This driver apparently likes to take away parking spaces from commercial businesses... and not even pay the meter.

And s/he is using somebody else's restrict placard.

And there's not even a Precinct nearby (nearest one is on 30th St., and that's too far).

Wow!

Sometimes I think they have a competition going on up here to see who can violate the most laws in public or something.

This is a private vehicle (with some really lame specialty plates) using a Restricted placard from an entirely different borough. Somehow, he managed to park illegally at the hydrant AND in the crosswalk, simultaneously.

No vehicle of an honest, tax-paying citizen would be spared from either of these violations with our ticket-happy NYPD. They just don't like to follow the law they enforce on everyone else.

So, as always, the Dirty Five-Two did not write a ticket. We'll just have to wait for IAB to catch up to him.

Waste of our tax money, though. We have to pay an honest cop in IAB to do the work that another dirty cop at the local precinct was already paid to do!

There it is... if you want to complain about your taxes, here is a clear example of how the NYPD steals your money!

And there is absolutely no excuse for this insulting laziness. This was clearly not official business of any type - there was no police activity on the block, nor is this near any precinct.

Not that it matters, but it wasn't even late when this vehicle parked (it wasn't there when I walked by earlier, so it parked between 6 and 9:30 pm). I passed other LEGAL spaces that were available only 2-3 blocks away on Mosholu Parkway.

These dirty cops just like to show off that they *think* they don't have to follow the law. Do they think they look cool stealing our money, and spending it on fancy cars that they leave at illegal and dangerous locations they view as their personal parking spaces?

Of course, they are not above the law. They'll have to learn the hard way when IAB tracks down their supervisors.

Here's the personal vehicle of someone who has a restricted placard from the Traffic Enforcement Division.

This vehicle is not being used for any official business to enforce traffic regulations. It is just habitually breaking them itself!

This is not a restricted parking zone. This does not remotely look like a place where someone would report to work for the Traffic Enforcement Division. And this is not the first time we have observed this vehicle illegally parked in this area.

It's just laziness, and arrogant corruption.

There is usually a parking space available any time of day or night on Parkside Place. There is ALWAYS parking available on Webster, not more than 4-5 short blocks away.

This guy just believes he can get away with it. Why not? His buddies here in the Dirty Five-Two have been letting him!

this person has no problem using the fire hydrant for their personal parking space every night. unless sleeping counts as work, this guy needs to stop.

Things have been getting better in Norwood. Far, far fewer illegally parked cops in the neighborhood, and they ticketed an illegally parked car with a DOT placard this morning.

And yet...
This morning, a car with a placard from "Headquarters" parked right in the middle of a NO PARKING ANYTIME zone.

Just as the precinct starts to clean up its act, someone from downtown shows up to break the law.

Black BMW operator displays NYPD placard with different plate than on vehicle, parks for hours in "No Standing Anytime" zone, adjacent to school facility, 2 malls and at the merge point of 2 streets that carry major mall traffic overflow. This was site of injury accident 12/2006, in part due to blind spots, reckless driving and jaywalking. This is irresponsible behavior of one who is supposed to protect the public, but rather chooses to throw the public away in order to support a small personal convenience and cost savings (the mall parking is across the street (90th Street). He, in shorts and a bright yellow shirt, and his female companion, finally show up with packages that he stowed in his trunk, before driving arrogantly off - celebrating the fact that no summons or tow occurred.

This vehicle has blocked the walkway to fit their car in as tight as possible.
Obviously everyone else receives a ticket but this one continues to park on top of other cars at the corners.

Still walking down the same street, here's dirty cop number 3!

This is nowhere near any precinct. Certainly not the 49th Precinct that issued this restricted parking permit.

This is also the second day in a row this dirty cop parked on this part of this same block illegally (he blocked the fire hydrant yesterday morning).

Clearly not on any "official business" here...

Just breaking the law to park more conveniently because the Dirty Five-Two lets him get away with it. No regard for the danger it poses for everyone in the community. No interest in any basic semblance of professionalism either.

Three blocks this morning, and we've got three dirty cops. In a precinct where they're all dirty enough to let these jokers get away with it in broad day light.

It is really bad when you can't walk a single block without seeing a cop break the law.

In fact, other than cops breaking the law on every block, I didn't see any criminal behavior this morning at all!

The only crime was the dirty cops in our neighborhood! Welcome to the Dirty Five-Two!!!

Repeat offender, blocking a fire hydrant.

In a neighborhood that had two devastating fires in the past year that gutted the main shopping strip.

What does the Dirty Five-Two do when their dirty cop buddy puts us in danger? Nothing.

More of the same embarrasing, unprofessional, dangerous trash each and every day.

They're getting creative about breaking the law and putting people in danger up here in the Dirty Five-Two.

This guy somehow managed to both block a fire hydrant and block a crosswalk AT THE SAME TIME!

Instead of giving him the TWO tickets he deserved, and then towing his car, what did the dirty cops driving by do?

We don't really know... but it's not hard to imagine they were elbowing each other and laughing it up. At any rate, they did not DO THEIR JOB.

This car has been parked outside the school all day. Called 311 and was directed to the local precinct. They came and said they couldn't ticket as they didn't know school was in session..... even though they were standing outside the school where school kids were coming and going and we TOLD them school was in session.
License number on permit doesn't match. Pink card permit with no lamination - fake??