Did the article mention that IAB went strait to the Court Houses and the Medical District (both places cops MUST GO), and wrote a majority of their tickets around these locations? If cops are going to get tickets for doing their job, maybe they should just STOP doing their job! But of course, they can't. They will get suspended or in trouble for missing court, or a drug test. So once again, the city wins! The city gets parking ticket money, the citizens still get their police services in a timely manner, and only the cop (who is already underpaid) once again gets the raw end of the deal!

14feet you are looking at the big picture, you're not seeing whats more important. What's more important is that that guy over there gets a summons, because I would get one for doing the same thing. It's the most juvenile things ever and yet, there it is.

Little is it known that IAB has it's own new quota of cops to summons, thanks to the Mayor.

14feet Stop using your descression on giving tickets and start giving tickets for everything. I know that is impossible to do, But if you did then they will start complaining about you not using your descression on the tickets that are being written.

Give tickets for everything - I will stop complaining :)

Hiyall, giving tickets for everything is NOT possible either. You can't have 0% and you can't have 100%... But you will have something in the middle... Discression is KEY to doing good police work... You might not like how it is given out, but thats too bad, you can't have everything...

Gee, last time I did jury duty nobody gave me a dashboard plaque so I could park my car wherever the hell I wanted. Come to think of it, I didn't get one when I was a witness to a B&E either.

Cops are paid to make court dates. It's part of their job. Moreover, they get paid to be there. If parking is so painful for them, let them take the subway like everybody else. Or risk getting fired for not showing up, as I would be if I missed a critical client appointment.

You go to Jury Duty a few days, every few years... Some active cops go down to court a few times a week. And you are correct, it is part of their job, so as part of work, they should be given a Marked Police Car to get to court. (Much like a plumber is given a van to get to his work site). But they arn't. Many cops go end out tour from court. So, now the need to travel back to their command and get their cars, no their own time. They arn't getting paid "travel time" to go to and from court. That is why they take their own cars.

Worms' argument is full of worms....

What good does a ticket do if it's a phony card or a dashboard decorator? I caught a Xeroxed permit and as I took a pic the guy came out and did the old "play the police channel on his radio" trick.

Although he was as phony as a $3 bill, I didn't call the cops because you don't know if they are going to agree it was phony and take his side against you.

Another time, I was riding my bike and a guy zooms out into the street from a parking lot, almost hitting my bike. He detained me as if I was the bad guy, even though I called the cops on him.

He showed a phony shield and the RMP told me I could go. "Go?" I said. He almost hit me and he's got one plate, no reg or insp sticker.

I left and he later got arrested for doing something illegal on Rikers Island. He was a disgraced Chaplain, not even in LE.

What good does IAB do giving a guy like that a summons?

So, nobody but cops have to make out-of-office calls as a requirement of their jobs? My boss, a board-level executive, has to commute between three offices in two different boros every day. He uses public transportation because the company is a nonprofit and won't pay for car service. He's done it every day for 14 years. Fact is, lots of private sector jobs demand daily travel but only LEOs and a few other city officials enjoy this little perk.

Seems to me that it's in the public's best interests to have cops commute to court by public transportation, if only to leverage a little add'l law enforcement presence on the transit system.

So 14FeetAway, is it your argument that cops have to take their personal cars to court because they need the quickest and cheapest means of transportation to get to court?

If you do, I have a followup question.

Why should cops take the train to add "law enforcement presence to the transit system"? They arn't being paid extra, or overtime, to provide that coverage. Is this not "more work" they needto do? Besides, Patrol cops are not equiped for the subways. They do not have radios that work, nor do they have the training to probery act in a subway emergency. Also, they can't take any enforcement action because they are not issued TAB summonses.
Worms, my point was that if their pay ends at court, then they should have a way home from that location. If you pay ends at the station house, then fine, the argument to take public transportation is a little better. (Oh, and it sucks that your boss does not get compensation from his job for travel either. But does that mean that cops should get it? They are too seperate things. Besides, I'd argue that EVERYONE should get parking/travel compensation from their jobs. Free travel for everyone!)

I have a note to the masses who are complaining about the "placard problem". Believe it or not, there was a time when placards didn't exist. It was an in-precinct policy to leave an easily identifiable item, like a certain brand of cigarettes (i.e. Lucky Strikes) by your reg/inspection sticker to gain the "courtesy" to park without getting a summons. If the cop was unsure, he would write the summons and hold the summons a few days until he was called on to void same.No call, then the summons was secured in the system. The Placard came into service due to the ability of the public to find out the "sign", and park ,hence the more difficult to replicate placard system with the inherent rules associated with same. Complaining will only resurect the old ways with some other kind of cryptic code.

14 feet they don't care about how much more work you have to do as long as you don't park where they can't park. All the cars that were towed I bet 99 % of them were on the job. I know of one incident where 3 cars got towed for parking in a NYFD only. They were FDNY Paramedics.They all had NYFD placards and were legally parked according to the signage. They must have felt real good coming back from saving people lives to see their cars missing. So Lawandorder This is what this web site represents. Hope all of you that complain are happy.

Someone should investigate all the federal judges who get federal law enforcement officer plaques while real federal LEO's are told they cant get one!

blow the lid on all the phony patronage going on...this probably goes on in the state system as well

14FeetAway: presuming you're a cop, you seriously need to do a stint in the private sector for a primer in what "full time work" means. It means that things like those court dates are part of your job description. It means that your boss doesn't care how you get to work, just that you show up on time. And unless you're the company president -- guess what? Nobody's providing you with a free parking space on the other end. Do you really think all those commuters you see walking into the subways every morning and evening are getting paid travel time?

When I worked in IT I had to make almost daily trips to two different data centers. For trip compensation I had access to a shared company Metrocard.

As for your comment about cops using the subway, come on. They have a gun, a badge and powers of arrest.

Just got back from my nightly dog walk. Only two NYPD placarded personal cars parked at fire hydrants tonight. Slow night.

There is a RICO case here if some Federal DA wanted to make the case.

Worms. You are talking apples and oranges. Salaried job to a UNION job. The reason cops took a union job is because it affords many different pay rules not afforded to salaried workers. Including being paid an HOURLY wage. Including being paid OVERTIME. Including being payed travel time when assigned to certain tasks (out of boro). Etc etc, the list goes on.
And as far as the working on the subway thing, just because the cop has a gun does not make him superman. His radio is a MUCH most important tool then his gun. And patrol radio's do NOT work in the subway.
And btw, ALL of the private sector jobs I've ever held provided a parking spot for me... Including jobs in NYC, FL, and NC... So it's not unheard of...

RICO case???? Hiyall is smoking too much illegal herb. Get real. Go ahead, revoke ALL placards. Cops are going to park wherever they want and go summons-free after a phone call. Just deal with it and move on with your lives.