So much for "professional courtesy"!

This vehicle was parked several feet too close to a hydrant, and displayed a patch from the FDNY to avoid getting a ticket. That's right, a patch. Not a placard, just a cheap novelty patch anyone could buy at shops all over town. And it worked with the Dirty Five-Two. While a car parked further from a hydrant a block away got a ticket, this vehicle was not ticketed.

There's no reason to believe the unethical individual parked at this hydrant had any real affiliation with the FDNY at all. But using the patch gives the impression it's a dirty fire fighter who doesn't even respect fire hydrants.

The Dirty Five-Two knows better than to pass over any vehicle parked at a hydrant. There is certainly no excuse for passing over a vehicle with a patch, instead of an official placard.

Making our firefighters look bad is most definitely not "professional courtesy."