#1 - Are you kidding? You couldn't pay me to drive in this City.

"and a real penny-saver: no costly garage bills."

Poor guy makes 35,000 a yr to protect you ungratefully people. give him the 300 bucks a mouth to park and he wont block the 4 inchs of "YOUR" cross walk.

AMEN #1!!!

#3 Not ungrateful at all. I just want cops to follow the same laws they enforce on civilians.

why would a cop enforce that?????? since it is a violation, cops have the discretion of whether to summons the car or not. You cannot make cops write a violation. It is up to their discretion. So please, no more nonsense about telling an officer to ticket the car and they don't want to, and therefore you guys think it is corruption. it is not corruption. it is discretion.

#6: Please read the posting more carefully -- this the personal car of an officer.

No it's corruption.

#7. I know that is a personal car of an officer. We still got discretion over that.

#8. So, i guess next time when i pull over a car for improper cellphone use, i cannot use discretion anymore, i MUST summons that person for the VIOLATION. Or a 70 year old man sitting on the stoop of his building drinking a beer, I MUST summons him for drinking in public.

To my Fellow Officers Discretion is DEAD give them all summonses and let them cry. They only want special favors when it relates to them, ie: alternate side of the street parking how come all of your cars are allowed to break the law and double park. Are you issued summonses by the evil members of the department??? The answer is no because we use discretion. No more write them all.

People this site is an obvoius jab at law enforcement especilly the NYPD. The car picture above probably parks in the sme spot day after day. Good for him, I would park in that spot too, I dont see one reason why anyone would give a crap about a picture like that. as I stated the last time they posted this picture THE CAR IS NOT BLOCKING THE CROSSWALK!!!!! There is also a good 5-6 feet of clearence between the pump and rear bumper of the car. Granted anyone else would get a ticket, BUT!!! we can leave it alone. its jealousy nothing else... If the New York city Police Dept. dont care about a few feet at the pump, why should anyone else? Seriously, Even the rat squad dont care... LEAVE IT ALONE....

It's a Blatant abuse of Authority by this Officer, and it's Not Discretion it's Bias. Many on this Site Complain that we the Average Citizens are Jealous of City and State so called "PERKS" which in Reality are Not Perks but, Violations of VTL.
Many also Complain about the low Salary of the NYPD but, they Knew the Salary before signing up.

Hundreds of Thousands use Mass Transit every day to get to Work so, why should Some be any Different. I don't want to hear the excuse about Over Lapping Shifts and getting off all Hours of the night. Many People work in and around the City at Night as well as the Day and Miraculously they make it on time using Public Transportation.

It Just so happens that Some City and State Employees feel it's their God given Right to be allowed to Park wherever they please with Impunity. What Many call Jealousy I call Frustration. If that were a Legal Spot he would not feel the need to display any Permit. Once again, a perfect Example of Some feeling like they are above the Laws and Regulations of this City.

The crosswalk would be discretion, the hydrant is corruption.

The cops can try to baloney us all they want but it's a serious safety issue, the hydrant. I guess this is more Ben "Anybody with a garden hose can be a fireman" Ward stupidity.

It's been posted numerous times that 15 feet is needed on either side for proper engine operation with a charged line.

"He left 5 feet" is not a smart or legal arguement. It's more Commissioner Gordon Baloney as it is not true that it's an acceptable distance.

Also the guy drinking a beer on his stoop is on private property, stupid.

We're not jealous that you get to break the law, we're outraged because some of us had to pay dearly for getting summonsed by the same people who not only park like this, but make excuses why it's such a problem if we do it, but ok for them.

AMEN #13, AMEN!

ABOVETHELAWURNOT its our right to complain. We took this job knowing the risks and knowing we would never get rich. I beleive we touched on how mass transit would not work for the majority of cops. If you have family and friends on my job ask them they will tell you. Our hours are crazy and yes people with so called normal jobs work crazy hours also. But when we work late its is usually unschedueled due to an arrest or an investigation that needs immediate attention, such as a Homicide or Shooting or a Special Category Missing or a Detail. So relying on the regimented schedule of mass transit with our unregimented schedule does not work. Try being at work for 16 hours than wait another 2 hours at 3am for a train then take an hour and a half train ride home to get four hours sleep and come back to work to do it again. By no means am I making excuses, but everyone on this site seems to know the best way to do everything, well than you take our job if you can do it better I dare you. I should not have to explain how we do every little part of our job but each time I check this site its nothing but cop bashing posts, so I try to give you a little insight on why alot of your suggestions will not work. By the way I got pulled over last night for not wearing my seatbelt and you know what the cop let me go, Cops are not forced to write tickets, each Cop uses discretion prior to issuing tickets. Looking at the totality of the situation prior to issuance But I guess thats a subject for another cop bashing website in progress.

#15- The Cop let you Go? What a Suprise, One Looking Out for His Own....

Who else is going to look out for us???? We take care of our own, thats the way it is and will always be and for that I'm damn proud to be Blue.

#10 - By all means ticket folks who double-park during street cleaning. I've actually submitted a few 311 complaints over this, to no avail, obviously. But if you'd like to start enforcing that law (along with honking and car alarms laws, etc.), I'm sure most folks here would gladly support you.

Let me just say that I am the owner of said vehicle and I am here to face the music. I have been retired for 1 year now. I did most of my time as a 2nd grade Detective in BK-North. 14 years ago I purchased a lovely condo on this block and I have lived there happily ever after. I also happen to live `1/2 block away from the spot where I "ALWAYS" park my car.
I applaud the cops at the 24th precinct for not caving to those who would have them buckle under the liberal pressures. I is safe to say that I have a hunch as to who is posting the picture of my auto, especially since the person in question is the block's "nosy person". This person never liked the fact that a lowly detective could afford such a lavish apartment in such an exclusive area. Needless to say I was always in this person's cross hairs.
As I stated before I am retired and I will confirm that a have a current parking permit for the year. I thank a specific high ranking member of the NYPD for that departing gift which I term as the gift that keeps on giving. He assures me that as long as he is able, I could count on a parking permit every year. I bet you are wondering why I am so free Willy in stating this. Well, I have nothing to fear thats why. I am retired and the brass at the NYPD can not and will not reprimand my actions. This has become my very own parking spot and just to kick sand in the eyes of the complainers I park there when I can deliberately as a show of solidarity for the cops of the NYPD. A few pals at the 24pct told me that my car was famously being posted on this site and it made me chuckle. They begged me to keep parking there so as to purposely agitate the visitors of this site. I whole heartedly agreed and here I am. I am a celebrity in my old age.
Please feel free to take as many pictures as you like and in the coming days I intend to leave messages on my dash for the neighborhood nosy person. Who would have ever thought that I would have become so famous upon retiring. Feels good to get out from under the NYPD's thumb. From now on I will show my support for the brothers of the NYPD by defiantly parking here as much as possible. I pledge this from this day forth.

Before you ask, no I do not care about my neighbors. Most of them are yuppy kids who as of late have infiltrated a once quiet area. They move in like a virus and then ry to change their surroundings. I have been here 14 yrs and I do not intend to change my habits for a bunch of ungrateful yuppies who feed off their family's trust fund. It agitates them that they have to pay for a garage while I do not and I love that feeling of superiority.

#6, 9, 10, 13, 15: You are deliberately distorting the concept of a police officer's discretion. Yes, a police officer has discretion to write a summons/make an arrest on less than 100% of the violations s/he observes . . . otherwise each one would spend the entire day on the first 20 petty violations observed during the first ten minutes of the tour. So you have discretion to pick and choose ACCORDING TO SOUND LAW ENFORCEMENT PRINCIPLES which violations to act on. There are many different factors that can legitimately go into the decision of which violation to act on. But you know as well as I do that your perceived affinity with the violator--that you consider them your fellow officer, fellow union member, or fellow public employee--is NOT a legitimate factor on which to base a discretionary decision not to act. Oh sure, you may be able to get away with it in most cases--at least at present--but let's hear someone cite a legitimate authority on law enforcement that says systematically declining to act on violations by other LE personnel is a valid exercise of discretion. You've got to have books on this at the Academy--c'mon, let's hear one example!

The fact is, "discretion" systematically exercised in favor of not enforcing the law against public employees is "corruption."

To all the 2-4 cops, thanks for the "discretion".
Steve, you do not know what you are babbling on about. As a former cop, i can tell you that I picked and chose the summons violations I wanted to write. There is not set of rules or guidelines in place to prevent the systematic choosing. I wrote the summonses to the people I felt deserved it the most. I gave breaks in the same manner. "Discretion" is a tool that police officers use at their discretion. Now that's funny.

Every time I log on I have to laugh and I mean that sincerely. Lets take a poll how many people posting on this site are originally from NY, and how many are Urban Pioneers from lets say the Midwest or abouts. If you are from NY you have a very short memory and if your not stop trying to change the city to your own vision of Utopia. In the ninety's this city fought a war, lets call it the Crack Wars. People were killed on both sides and eventually the Cops won and we turned around most if not all of the bad areas in the city, which now alot of these Urban Pioneers choose to call home. People who used to live in these areas, but now cannot afford to thanks to the caring people were always happy to see cops no matter where they parked. Now that the citys crime rate has plummetted for like the 10th straight year and the majority of the city is habitable we choose to turn our angst against the civil servants. Some call us corrupt which I have stated before is a real slap in the face to the majority of the cops who do their job everyday without so much as a thank you from the ungrateful civilians of this city.

@23 wrote this little diddy:
Your Arrogance is Overwhelming. Your a Disgrace to Your Badge. You and Your Brethren will Pay for Your actions Eventually.. This Whole Idea that Things will Never Change is Going to Blow up in your Faces..
Comment by ABOVETHELAWURNOT on Sun, Apr 22 2007 04:47 PM

What you call arrogance I choose to call reality. For the record I do not wear the badge anymore my dim witted friend but I do still partake of the protection of the glorious NYPD parking permit. The only badge I can tarnish now is a civilian badge and I am sure you have one of those. I did 20 years and nothing changed so to assume that another 20 or 40 wont go by without change is totally childish. It seems you have your feet firmly rooted in a fantasy land that is based on Willy Wonkaisms. Might I suggest you wake up and join the real world. As for anything blowing up in my face, I highly doubt it. I have no boss to fear and I own a condo that is worth over 1.3 million(paid 89K for it in 1993). The future is so bright for me I gotta wear shades, buddy. Please do not hate me because I park where I park. Please do not hate me because i live in a wonderful prewar apt on West End ave. Please please release the anger and accept your fate before it devours you from within.

Dear Crosswalk Violator,

You ought to be ashamed of yourself.The law is the law and nobody is above it! Would you think it would be ok and justified for a police officer to rob a bank? After all, they do only make 25k a year.

J.J.

Spare me the Rome wasn't built in over night bull. The movement has been around since the late 60's and only now has it discovered the world wide web. The movement has plodded away for many years and has only yielded the most minimal of results. Please forgive me if I choose to laugh in your face. Do you really assume that now after all these years things will change with this new technology. If you do then I have a bridge to sell you.

Jimmy Justice, I assure you that I am not ashamed of my actions. Frankly, I am damn proud of them. Your feeble attempts to hurl an insult at me have failed miserably. I assure you that I unlike the new cops being hired, did not make 25K. I was a 2nd grade detective and on my last year I cleared over 120K thanks to a surge of squad cases that had to be closed. I wont even go into the half a million I had in Deferred comp. Oh did i fail to mention my Variable supplement check which is an additional 12K every year on my already generous pension check. If I keep going on about my retirement benefits I am sure you will really hate me after I am done. All this accomplished at the tender age of 44. Once again I find myself thanking you and the other 8 million citizens of NYC for the great retirement package.
Oh, I'm sorry I interrupted you when you were hurling a weak handed insult regarding the 25K salary. Please feel free to fling away. If you are lucky the next one will reach its target.

Dear Crosswalk Violator,
You ought to be ashamed of yourself.The law is the law and nobody is above it! Would you think it would be ok and justified for a police officer to rob a bank? After all, they do only make 25k a year
Comment by JimmyJustice on Sun, Apr 22 2007 05:54 PM

What does that have to do with anything? Did u even stop and think before you wrote that comment? WAIT I'll answer that... NOPE. Whats the matter with you? Majority of the cops out there are hard working and honest, a criminal is a criminal, But what you people are complaining about is a VIOLATION.... Quick law lesson for you all.... A violation is not a crime...

Too Busy Looking for Illegal parking Spots Sorry

CrosswalkViolator, Keep up the good job. I support you fully. Damn...u really got a good retirement package. I guess i have to rack up those Impact Overtimes.........by giving summonses to rich arrogant people drinking beer in front of their buildings. And no, i will not use "discretion"....cause it equals "corruption"......as stated by some of the people on this site.

According to the boobs on this site "Discretion" equals "Corruption" so no more Discretion after a couple of weeks we will win we always win.

#3 - This person knew how much the job paid when he/she took it. Anyone who decides to become a police officer should at least obey the laws themselves.

To #3, who's to say he is really a cop. Sounds like another phoney pass.

The car is still in the same spot and there is not a single summons on the car. This guy is going to set a record. Keep thumbing your nose at the car st\alkers buddy and Ill keep applauding your actions.
BRAVO!
BRAVO!

These comments are just here for ammusement. You don't know who is posting. They might be doing it just to stir the pot as had been said.
The only thing you can believe are the photos of illegally parked cars.
Stop wasting time posting comments and get out with your camera to post phots of these illegally parked cars.
No matter what anyone says to justify breaking the law, they are still breaking the law. Its the photos that count not the comments.

It is a little known secret , but many city agencies can issue parking tickets.The fire department and sanitation department etc. can all write parking tickets.

I have a friend who is a court officer and he lives around the block from "crosswalk violator". He agreed to write a summons everytime he sees the vehicle parked illegally.He will then upload a photo of the car with a parking ticket on the windshield so we can all see that justice has been served.

Have a nice day.

Is he going to issue a summons while he is off duty??? I think the powers that be kinda frown on issuing summonses while you are home. But you try it. I personally have never seen FD, write a summons or for that fact Court Officers keep fighting the good fight my brother try and stick it to the man and we will continue to park where we want.

Court officers are only allowed to write summonses while they are working and only around their respective courthouses. He should know that. If he wants to go through that kind of trouble then he should realize that could get him jammed up, and for what?

Yet another day and once again I find myself parking in the same spot for this site's approval. Tick Tock, Tick Tock, when will my supposed time run out.
I am still waiting for someone to move me from my personal spot. Please do not humor me and say that it will happen in due time becasue I am getting grey and old over here and truly would love to see you people back up your trivial words.
Till you guys get your crap together you can find me holding the line in my spot near the hydrant.

It is good to be a retired cop with residual job perks.

What my friend the court officer has told me is, that you cops only have jurisdiction in the city- while he has jurisdiction in the entire state.He has no problem signing his name on the ticket.He wants to make a point and get even because P.D. and T.E.A. do not respect the s.e.z. around his courthouse.

Dear Crosswalk Violator,

I have to admit that your comment about burt & ernie made me laugh out loud.I am sure that you are a nice guy and I thank you for the years of service you have given the city.I just want to make it clear that I dont have a personal problem with you , but rather with the unfair system.

Obviously, the city issues millions of parking summonses not in the interest of public safety but rather to raise revenue.I have a problem with that.

J.J.

Dear JimmyJustice,

How else would the city get their money to pay for all the city employees? On top of that, the mayor also wants a toll for all cars entering the city. one to raise the revenues, and second to have less cars (maybe).....its a win win situation. Mayor Bloomberg is a businessman......remember that.

Dear Anon #57,

Ask yourself which is worse.....Someone coming out 5 minutes too late to move their car for alternate side parking or someone commiting a violent crime?

Why should the city's payroll rest on the backs of the hard working middle class? Let the skells flip the bill. I wouldnt mind seeing chain-gangs cleaning the streets of New York.It would save money that the city has to pay for sanitation services.It would also eliminate alternate side parking because the perps would mop the streets underneath parked vehicles.

J.J.

This cursed car was there is morning....AGAIN!

When will the media focus on doing something about these arrogant permit abusers. Obviously CROSSWALKviolator is thumbing his nose at the media and daring them to do something about his abuse. Please do not tell me that this criminal is going to get a free pass on his parking violations.

"I have a friend who is a court officer and he lives around the block from "crosswalk violator". He agreed to write a summons everytime he sees the vehicle parked illegally"

I don't believe this at all. If your "friend" is really a court officer, he would be smarter then that. Issuing summonses in his own neighborhood while off duty is just stupid and would open a can of worms he isn't ready for.

Your statement is just not true or your friend is an idiot.

Big difference between crimes and violations. Crime = misdemeanor or felony, violation = parking infractions. No criminals just violators. Get it right if you are going to insult us!!

I really don't know who is the bigger fool. The people who take these pictures and try to turn them into a federal case or the supposed retired MOS "CROSSWALKviolator" who braggs about his ability to get permits after he is retired.
I'm very glad that you made it to 2nd Grade Detective but I think your posts sound like your still in Kindergarden. If you think that the Department isn't monitoring this website then you're both childish and delusional. Are you trying to get your "high ranking" friend an appointment with IAB Group 1? You may have succeeded. Why would you brag about being able to get a permit after retirement when you are not entitled to one. If you are an MOS then you are the reason why retirees are no longer extended this courtesy. (adverse criticism)
I don't know why most guys think that the JOB can't reach out and touch them after retirement, especially those that still reside in this city. I quess your pistol license will never expire either. Enjoy your free parking for now because I would bet my many years of "banked" variable supplement money that it will not last much longer. BTW-is your pension finalized yet?

#80, you sir are the ultimate fool. You sound like a cop who joined the Rat Sqd right out of NSU because he was afraid of the street. I never heard so much bull come out of some one's mouth since Lou Matarazzo tried to peddle us the double zeros as a "good thing".

1st off let me correct you bold face lie in which you stated that cops who are not finalized are still privy to the department's long arm of discipline. How wrong you are. The day you retire and sign on the dotted line and hand over all your equipment, is the day that the job can no longer hurt you. Finalization only means that your money is not fanilized not your career. Perfect example is the guy who was arrested a few months ago who was busted running an illegal numbers racket. He was retired only a year and upon being arrested he did not subsequently lose his pension nor was he reprimanded from by the nypd. why? BECAUSE HE WAS RETIRED! The job could not touch his money....PERIOD!

I will grant you that the job can mess with your pistol permit status if you are retired but realistically how many officers do you know really give a crap about the carry permit. 70% of retirees leave NY upon retiring anyway. If you have to rely on your pistol permit to live then you have no business retiring in the first place. The Pistol permit or the good guy letter is a load of crap that only comes into play if the retiree is broke and needs his gun to make money to survive. This is only the case with 8% of retirees so your tales of job retaliation are falling on deaf ears. Obviously CrosswalkViolator is doing well for himself and does not need the permit to survive. Your warning falls on deaf ears with 92% OF THOSE WHO RETIRE.

Honestly do you really think that CrosswaLKViolator will divulge his source behind his ever lasting permit supplier. Give me one reason WHY he would cave IN to the people that no longer control his destiny. Come one give me one good reason. Mr. IAB is trying to instill the ungodly fear of the NYPD bogey man into the hearts of retirees that know better. Plain and simple, once retired the NYPD can no longer trample on our rights. Our pensions are secure and there is nothing that they can do about it.

#80 comes across as one of those cops who fear the streets and volunteers to join those few cops who savor the flavor of cheese. Shame on you for trying to serve your bull crap to those who know better. Try and ply your trade on some rookies who might fall for your tricks. We retirees know better and therefore have nothing to fear from anyone who works for IAB. If you were to show up to my house id spit in your face and close the door. I have no respect for those who prey upon their own kind.

Crosswalk Violator, keep up the good work and do not allow the cheese munchers or the whiny liberals to change your parking habits.

The man parks there because he has nothing to fear. The cops at the 24 pct have given him their blessing. He is a Made-Man.

Day 12 and this bloke continues to park in the same spot as if he owns it. At this stage it seems like he has proven his point. I am starting to believe the crap that he is spewing. No one is willing to enforce the law against cops, active or retired.

Day 13, and he has moved his car across the street but still blocks the same crosswalk. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

#82. Perhaps you missed my point. First of all I have never been a member of those "units" (IAB, Inspections, Inv Review, etc). Secondly, I never envisioned CROSSWALKviolator even being questioned about how he got the permit. What I did envision was the ICO of the command that issued the permit being GO'd by those "units" and questioned why he gave a permit to a retiree. I don't think he could come up with an acceptable answer. The permit log may then be reviewed to see if the ICO has been generous to anyone else. The ICO may "fall on the sword" to protect his C.O. and possibly CROSSWALKviolator's high ranking buddy. So what is the end result: The ICO loses his gig (can't be trusted anymore), the C.O. gets an UNSUBSTANTIATED on his CPI regarding the allegation that he knew what was going on, the other MOS who are found to have permits improperly are told to surrender them along with CROSSWALKviolator ultimately having to surrender his. The 024 MOS get caught up in an integrity test of the 311 system that has been using CROSSWALKviolator's car as the bait. They may try to articulate their use of "discretion" but they better make sure they responded in the first place and didn't just mark the job 90Y. Too many people can get hurt because of CROSSWALKviolator's inability to think of anyone but himself.

Continued-
I also have little regard for those that prey on their own kind. I have NO regard for MOS who are selfish and not able to the consequences of their actions (the proverbial Pandora's Box). I don't know how many partners CROSSWALKviolator had in his career, but maybe he was that MOS that would make other guys want to work alone. You know, the guy who was going to get you jammed up.

I'm glad you agree that the JOB could mess with your pistol license after retirement. It doesn't sound like CROSSWALKviolator is going to be part of the 70% you claim leave the city upon retirement so maybe he should be concerned. I don't know if CROSSWALKviolator is working as a hired gun or not, but maybe he feels more "comfortable" carrying in case he runs into some of the miscreants he collared in DBBN.

Continued-
Finally, I never said his pension was in jeopardy. The pension system probably has direct deposit to some penal institutions that house some of our more notorious alumni. What I did allege was that the finalization process, as long as it is now, could somehow, mysteriously, be lengthened further, causing hardship to those retirees that need the 10% that's withheld ASAP.

Honestly, #82, in all your time OTJ, you never heard a horror story of an MOS getting railroaded and not getting a fair shake. Isn't that one of the reasons most guys run out the door ? You know the battle cry--20 and OUT!! To think the BS stops immediately upon retirement is wishful thinking.

PS: Just re-read your paragraph #2. Technically, CROSSWALKviolator did not surrender all his Dept property during the retirement process.

BTW where did you get those stats of 70% leaving the city and 8% working in the security field? Never heard that before. If you read the DIF messages transmitted on the FINEST system it doesn't appear that way.

I also remembered another example of how the job can still reach out and touch you when you're retired. Can you tell me how helpful the NYPD has been to retirees who want to comply with the provisions of HR218? Specifically, the part about maintaining firearms proficiency certification and requalifying. I'll tell you-Zero, Zilch. Tell me when the retiree requalifying cycle at Rodman's Neck starts.

Is it me or does this guy sound like he is not a cop? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm, if he only knew what gave it away.

Just another liberal making believe he is a cop. A little info about our job does not a cop make.

Which guy?????????

Yes I agree, Mr. Continued does not come across as a real member of the service. There are small points in his diatribe that just give him away as an impostor.

Hey #95 and #97-how do you figure that??? Because I don't endorse CROSSWALKviolator's conduct I have to be an imposter? I probably have more time OTJ than both of you guys put together.

Because I don't endorse CROSSWALKviolator's conduct I have to be an imposter?

That's right, cops stick together even when accused of serious felonies, doesn't matter if guilty or not.

I am getting the same vive.

That's right, cops stick together even when accused of serious felonies, doesn't matter if guilty or not.

Comment by Anonymous commenter on Mon, Apr 30 2007 12:34 PM

That is the Most Disturbing thing I've Ever Heard! IT DOES MATTER!!!!

I just happen to be around the area and I did notice that the crosswalk by West End was devoid of this person's car but the crosswalk on Broadway was being blocked by it. I observed that his auto was a ful foot into the crosswalk and that his windshield was devoid of any summonses.

What is going on here? Does the captain of the 24pct not care about this situation. This person is endangering lives.

Permit #1620026. Command Code 162=Patrol Borough Manhattan North. No wonder why the 024 Precinct is impotent. The 024 takes orders from the Borough and probably doesn't want to make waves.

So who in PBMN is handing out permits to retired?

He should stay on Broadway. He's out of the hydrant and on a busier street, so this being NY, increases his chances to have something happen to his car, like happens to our cars.

Maybe he's afraid to show the permit on Bway. Never know who might see it.

Makes me proud to know that the 34 pct cops still look out for their retired members.

I miss my brothers in the NYPD.

Well we don't miss you.