That car looks like an unmarked, and the paper mentions it belonging to a detective squad from a precinct I can't made out. Park of the way the NYPD reduced the number of permits is that they stopped giving them to many unmarked cars. This vehicle is parked across the strret from 350 Jay Street, which is the location of the Brooklyn DA's office. It is probably on offical business.

Well, they very well be on official business, but do they have to park in a bus stop? And it doesn't seem like an effective way to 'reduce' the number of placards if it is acceptable to make your own.

Dear 14,
Even if it was an unmarked vehicle, they're parked in a bus stop. If you have an appointment with the DA, I guess you should a) take a marked car b) take an unmarked car with a real placard c) have someone drop you off d) take public transit. These folks chose "none of the above" and blocked public transit to boot. Incidently, if it's unmarked, should you be able to recognize it as such in a photo?

Buttle, first of all, there is NO PARKING around in that area. Period. But how would taking a marked car help? They'd still put it in that same bus stop. And as for taking an unmarked with a permit, there are no more unmarked cars with placards (this made thenumber of "reducded" placards larger then it really is). Also, Detectives do many other things during the day after they go to court, so being dropped off, or taking mass transit is not a cost or time-effective way to go. I'm sure after they handled business with the ADA, they jumped in that car and when right back to work solving crimes, and tracking down offenders. (Oh, and as for recognizing an unmarked, PLEASE, every criminal, and half of normal citizens can spot an unmarked coming a block away... It's not very difficult...)

KEY IMETTE COP OUT IN PARK FLAP
BY ALISON GENDAR, SCOTT SHIFREL and RICH SCHAPIRO
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS
Sunday, May 18th 2008,
Union officials are blasting the suspension of the lead detective in the Imette St. Guillen murder investigation over a misused parking placard, the Daily News has learned.
Brooklyn North Homicide Detective Sean McTighe was on duty when he parked his personal car in front of a hydrant outside Brooklyn Supreme Court and posted a photocopy of an official placard on his windshield on Thursday, officials said.
When he returned, he discovered that his car had been towed, making him the latest casualty in the city's war against placard abuse.
The detective was subsequently informed by the Internal Affairs Bureau that he would be suspended without pay for up to 30 days for copying an official placard, sources said.
"This is not abusing parking privileges for personal gain," said Michael Palladino, president of the Detectives' Endowment Association. "He was just trying to do his job."
McTighe also has to pay the $115 fine for parking in front of a hydrant and could face further disciplinary action, said Palladino, who is petitioning to get the suspended detective on modified duty.
"It's unfair and it's excessive," Palladino said. "It would be one thing if he was off duty. He wasn't."
Mayor Bloomberg demanded earlier this year that all city agencies reduce the number of parking placards they issue by 20% before March 1.
After slashing its placards, the NYPD turned over enforcement of placard use to the IAB.
McTighe's case, Palladino and several department sources said, underscores the problems cops now face.
The Brooklyn detective used his personal car to get to court for trial preparation because each squad has a limited number of patrol cars and they are typically reserved for those with more pressing duties, sources said. Each squad also has only a limited number of placards as a result of Bloomberg's mandate.
One law enforcement source suggested McTighe's ordeal could even affect the trial of Darryl Littlejohn, who is accused of murdering St. Guillen.
"Any good defense attorney in that case could say, 'So you like to take short cuts, huh?'" the source said.

While I doubt that the above story I posted is a result of this picture, it's still CRAZY!
Because of the "crackdown" on permits, Detectives on LEGITIMATE business at the ADAs office get in trouble. As a result, a MURDER CASE could hang in the balence. Is this really what you guys wanted? The Mayors office wants to appease you guys, and illegally cuts the number of permits, and now the murderer of an innocent girl has a new weapon in his arcenal.
Not to mention that a GOOD Detective, who was only DOING HIS JOB, is now in a world of hurt. A fine, lost pay, AND lost vacation days. All for what? Because he blocked a hydrant on Jay street? Who cares...
I think getting criminals behind bars (the very work being done at 350 Jay Street) is WAY more important then a minor parking violation on a Downtown Brooklyn street.

Way to go people. Keep complaining about how they park. I'm sure the parents of St Guillen are happy

Good. They should get in trouble. As many on this site like to say...two wrongs don't make a right.