Despite a lot of work by the community, our elected officials, and IAB, the Dirty Five-Two still won't pass up an opportunity to give their lying, cheating buddies a free pass!

MTA Police placard used to park illegally at a difficult turn on a narrow residential street. Basic common sense would dictate that an FDNY truck may need to be able to make a turn ON A BLOCK WHERE A BUILDING ALREADY BURNED TO THE GROUND!!!

But does the Dirty Five-Two care? Absolutely not! They're obviously more interested in being best buds with their dirty cop brothers everywhere.

Let's get real - it is you JOB to ticket ANYONE parked illegally. Don't care if they're job is being a cop. That doesn't mean they can break the law - it makes it that much more important that they do not break the law!

If they can't do the job, they need to be fired. In this economy, we can find plenty of honest, brave New Yorkers who will actually enforce the law, instead of breaking it!

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.

Sometimes the dirty cops are so thick, you can't even get to the end of one block without coming across another one.

Apologies the photo isn't a little more clear. If you look, you can see the No Parking Anytime sign - the vehicle in question is the white one down at the corner. Clearly parked illegally.

Dirty Five-Two simply does not care. One dirty cop parked next to another, and they leave them all alone.

They're too busy ticketing the taxpayers who pay them for (maybe) parking a few inches too far the wrong way.

Meanwhile, the cops are breaking the law all over the place, up and down the street, around the corner... you name it, there's a dirty cop parked there!

Half of the reason the streets are literally so dirty is that with all the dirty cops parked, the street sweepers can't clean properly.

Welcome to the filthy world we live in, thanks to the Dirty Five-Two!

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!!!

This guy parks illegally almost every day. When he isn't in the NO PARKING ANYTIME zone like this morning, he's blocking a nearby hydrant.

He doesn't even have a parking permit from the NYPD. He just throws a bunch of trashy looking NYPD junk on the dash.

What does the Dirty Five-Two do? They give him a free pass.

If you decorate your car with enough NYPD junk, apparently you can park anywhere you want. Who cares what the law says... obviously not those paid to enforce it!

Just another day of NYPD crime in the Dirty Five-Two!!!

Come on!

One-third of the car in a NO PARKING ANYTIME zone might not be a big deal, if they weren't ticketing civilians for a matter of inches every day of the week.

It might not be a big deal if he didn't insist on parking illegally every day.

But this guy refuses to park legally, and the Dirty Five-Two refuses to ticket him.

And he doesn't even have a real NYPD placard!!! The guy just throws a bunch of NYPD crap on the dashboard.

Yesterday afternoon he was blocking a hydrant. Not ticketed. He moved from the hydrant, and was in the NO PARKING ANYTIME zone by the morning. Still not ticketed.

Other cars on the block had been ticketed.

I guess if you suck up to the NYPD, you don't get ticketed. Their own little power trip here in the Dirty Five-Two!

Parked nearly everyday in a No Parking Anytime zone...

Oops! That should read:
"The Dirty Five-Two Inaction!!!"

Cop cart pulled up alongside an illegally parked vehicle. Did not bother to even look at the placard (clearly the umpteenth time driving by this afternoon). Sat at the red light for the entire time to turn green only inches away from the illegally parked vehicle. Drove right off without doing their job.

All caught on camera.

Before somebody starts complaining that it is hard to read the NO PARKING ANYTIME sign directly above the illegally parked vehicle in the one photo posted here, rest assured there is adequate detail submitted to verify the vehicle was violating the posted parking regulations.

Also note this is not a self-enforcement zone. And the placard in the windshield was from an entirely different precinct anyway.

No excuse for the vehicle to be parked there. Even less for the Dirty Five-Two to stop just inches away, sit there for an entire signal light, and drive away without doing their job.

The commanding officers for this area should be ashamed of pictures like this!!!

So, let me get this straight...

This placard does not have the identifying information filled out, but the officers of the Five-Two didn't notice the placard was blank? Maybe they didn't notice that there was a vehicle parked right, directly below the NO PARKING ANYTIME sign. Right on the awkward island in the middle of traffic?

I know! Maybe nobody drove down the Grand Concourse all day?

Yeah... there really is no explanation, and no excuse!

There is no way they don't see this regular parked illegally.

There is not way they haven't noticed yet the placard doesn't match the license plate.

It's been reported to them, just in case they were so oblivious they couldn't see it for themselves.

There is no plausible excuse left for this vehicle to continue parking illegally, where a self-enforcement placard would not apply, with a placard that is not even issued to this vehicle.

No excuse, that is, except for a deliberate and voluntary violation of the law by the Precinct itself.

The Dirty Five-Two shows more grime every day!

Just put a PBA card over the placard you borrowed from your dirty cop friend, and none of the other dirty cops in on the cover up will ticket your car. Great.

The depths of the dishonesty run deep. The whole lot need to be ticketed, towed, and then promptly fired. They have no business collecting pay checks for refusing to honor their duty.

What every happened to the days of honor among our officers? Now they all give off this image of being petty, lazy cheats who can't be bothered to walk a block or two home. Really a shame!

And the worst part is that this corrupt culture puts a bad mark on all the good law enforcement officers who are actually working hard to do a good job every day.

The Dirty Five-Two apparently will not ticket their buddies from the Department of Corrections, either.

Same place. Same parking violation. Same arrogant, illegal appropriation of power, taking from the community with the belief that nobody can "do anything about it"...

It is time for the citizens to hold these law breakers accountable!

[Moderator's note: this permit is not valid for on-street use for any purpose]

In the past twenty hours, this vehicle has not moved. Yet, somehow, the 52 has been unable to ticket it?

Meanwhile, I'm sure plenty of neighborhood residents still got questionable tickets for parking "too close" to a fire hydrant.

These guys obviously are not mature enough to be trusted to follow a few simple rules. Makes you wonder how they can be trusted with any real authority. Yikes!!!

Yet again a dirty cop parks in this same spot. Did the 52 issue a summons for breaking the law? Yeah, right!

They see somebody breaking the law, and they're not enforcing the law. Put simply - they're not doing the job they're being paid to do. They're stealing from us taxpayers. Time for them to get fired!

Do your job or go home!!!

Due to pressure from the community, which has contacted elected officials and Internal Affairs, the parking spaces right outside our park are (mostly) clear of illegally parked personal vehicles with NYPD placards.

But they only drove a short block away to go park illegally. And, surprise! They're not getting ticketed there.

Reported to 311 at 6:00 pm. Still in the exact same spot at 7:45 am, with no ticket!

How hard is it to get the NYPD to enforce the law? It's really difficult to get people in the neighborhood to trust the cops, when it is so painfully obvious they don't even follow the law on little easy stuff that everybody sees. What are we supposed to think they're doing when they don't think anybode is watching???

The problem continues to get worse. On this lovely weekend, we have several officers from all over the place parking in NO PARKING and NO STANDING zones specifically designated by DOT to make it a little easier for neighborhood residents to safely cross a street with no sidewalks to get into our main park.

Oh - and there was a marked NYPD car sitting on the block for over 20 minutes... doing... NOTHING! He drove off without doing anything when approached about the situation.

Car probably belongs to a police officer, who uses his or her "official business" card in the dashboard to park EVERY DAY, ALL day on Austin St. where it is no parking 7am - 7pm. Car is ONLY car still there in morning (other cars get ticketed at 7:01am) and is there every day. It is not on official business. Owner thinks they can park anywhere, whenever because they are police.

For the last (3) three months everyweek day morning there is a passenger vehicle with a peach colored NYPD plaque inside of drivers side windshield, parked in the bus stop at the fire hydrant on Pennsylvania Ave, in Starrett City, near the corner of Vandahlia ave. There are (4) different buses that utilize this stop. B83/ B82 / BM5 / BM2 - This is a busy commuter stop Mon - Fri and the buses can not pull up to stop. They have to remain in street to load passengers. If two buses arrive they have to line up behind each other with folks spilling out into the street to board because this un-civil-servant- has designated this as their personal parking spot. How selfish can you get, this is clearly blatant abuse. That plaque only allows this individual to park in or near their precinct station house. Never a "Bus stop", or "Fire Hydrant" - heh you...if you are reading this, stop being cheap-Starrett City provides private parking spaces. Stop endangering and inconveniencing commuters and bus operators. TEA needs to give this vehicle a ticket.

John Jay College exists to teach aspiring police officers and prosecutors how to enforce the law. Presumably there are a number of courses that emphasize why it is important for all members of society to uphold the law. Ironically, one member of the college community believes that the importance of upholding the law applies only to those who lack the privileged status of a government-issued parking permit on a government-issued car.

The agency business permit displayed on the dashboard of this minivan has the license plate of the black four-door Chevy Impala that is usually parked here.

(See previous posts:

http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/12261

http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/10734 )

This minivan also has official plates, so my guess is the Impala is in the shop and its owner borrowed another John Jay car to drive home for the night. Because the thought of actually riding the D train, which goes right from John Jay College to this location, must be unbearable.

The agency business permit being abused in this case is supposed to be used for no more than three hours, and only for business purposes. Cars with official plates are supposed to be used by government officials "in the course of their official duties." But this car is usually parked all night and on weekends in a no-parking zone. I'll give its driver a small amount of credit for trying to avoid blocking the crosswalk as much as possible while still parking illegally.

So here we have what I suspect is a violation of the use of an official car, a placard use violation, and the wrong placard in the wrong car. Will any of this ever be enforced? Of course not. Therefore, DOT needs to raise the striped no-parking area into a sidewalk extension/bulb-out. The only way to truly prevent parking abuse is to make it physically impossible.

Note the Mercedes to the left that is also violating the no-parking zone. (This was during a Yankee game.) The driver was in the car at the time this photo was taken, so presumably he'd move if asked. Not that that makes it any better.

This guy is a regular in this location. http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/12231

Since we last checked in ( http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/10734 ) on this apparent plate abuser / placard abuser from John Jay College, nothing has happened except he or she has updated his or her placard after the old one expired on Feb. 1, 2010.

PLACARD VIOLATION:

This is an Agency Business Parking Permit that is to be used for no more than 3-hours at a time while on official agency business. Yet, the car is parked overnight most nights and all day on weekends in a residential neighborhood 100 blocks north of the campus.

PLATE VIOLATION:

This person is using a car that has official plates. According to the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles ( http://www.nydmv.state.ny.us/forms/mv653.pdf ): "A vehicle assigned Official plates must be owned or controlled by a political subdivision and operated by its employees, or specifically designated agents thereof, in the course of their official duties."

It seems unlikely that this car is being used for official duties, violating both the reason for having official plates and the Agency Business Parking Permit. However, there is the possibility that this is legit. Besides parked next to a number of apartment buildings, the car is also being parked across the street from the Bronx County Courthouse. Is there is some reason why a person from John Jay College would need to have a car parked across the street from the Bronx County Courthouse during nights and weekends? It is not inconceivable. If that is the case, I will stand corrected and withdraw this allegation of misuse of placard and plates. Only the UncivilServants FOIL request can help answer that question.

A FINAL NOTE OF IRONY:

John Jay College trains students to become law enforcement personnel. It is a little ironic that a member of that school is apparently failing to uphold the law in his or her own personal life. This pretty much speaks to the larger problem here, no?

I probably wouldn't care that much about this situation if the car wasn't always parked in the crosswalk.

Have nothing new to say, that has not already been said in many past posts. It is summer here we go again with this on my block.

The placard abuse continues at Park East Synagogue by the same individual with the same Cadillac with the obvious blessing of Inspector Murtagh and his gang of 19th precinct placard abusers. http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/11544

Here we see the Cadillac parked in the NO PARKING 7AM - 7 PM zone on the North side of East 68th Street between Lexington and 3rd Avenues using a bogus placard un-ticketed and untowed.

What does it take to finally deal with this individual?

As it stands in this area the only thing restrictive parking signs do is prevent local area residents from having some much needed curbside parking in their neighborhood while at the same time reserving spots for scofflaws.

The Park east abuse went so far as to embarrass Mayor Bloomberg in a story in the NY Post yet it continues in different forms to this day. Seems to me no surprise this kind of crap goes on around here as we have a police precinct commanded by someone who encourages his own people to violate placard parking rules themselves.

What community good is this serving and what quality of life benefit do residents get from this kind of illegal nonsense right next store to a police precinct I ask?

All such abused restricted parking areas which end up full of scofflaw vehicles due to lack of enforcement should be returned to the community as normal street parking and make an end to it. In every area that was done the problem was solved.

http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/558

http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/559

http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/3888

http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/9003

He's still there! This guy has an exclusive private parking spot that he (and only he) gets to use anytime! I guess NYC has a private parking policy for the elite. It's in a NO PARKING/NO PARKING ANYTIME space but it seems to be OK. Never a ticket on this car. It has EMT plates and that about does the trick.

ALSO, no need to move for alternate-side of the street cleaning either. He ignores that completely while everybody else has to move their cars, but again, I guess the rules don't apply to EMT's parking in front of their houses.

I guess all you need to do is to put a EMT jacket in your rear window and file for a EMT license plate to have a guaranteed private parking spot. This guy has done it for over a year now and has the greatest deal of the century.

This car parks here every evening in a clearly labeled "No Parking Anytime" zone and apparently never receives a ticket. He doesn't even move the car for alternate side of the street street cleaning while the rest of us are moving our cars around the block and waiting for hours to park again. The one time I asked a local 24th precinct cop about it he said that there was nothing he could do.

Trying to use permit in front of residence.

Car with 19th pct placard in the 9th pct, parked illegally. The placard's plates don't match the car either.

somebody else's permit. another one from the archive

This is an older one I found in my archive. NYC Council is aware of the situation... we'll see if they do anything about it.

Other violations can be seen here:

http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/9280
http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/9222
http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/7462
http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/4989

SOrry bud, but 19th pct ain't around here!

Hmm, let's see what we have here:

* a forged 9th Precinct Restricted placard
* not even in the so-called self-enforcement zone
* parked in a No Parking Anytime Zone
* a bogus church "permit" on top of the forged NYPD placard

oh, and the stuffed animal on top was a nice touch.

Better get to confession.

I think this guy's lost. There's no so-called Self-Enforcement Zone here anyway. straight out illegal.

I met the driver and passenger coming out of the Boys Club. They were most definitely not on duty, if they were even NYPD employees. Not to mention that the 88th precinct is nowhere near east 10th st.

Hmm, someone at 1PP doesn't know the law very well. No surprise there.

NYC Council car with 2 expired placards in No Parking Anytime zone.

previous violations:
http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/9222
http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/7462
http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/4989

No surprise there.

I've caught this driver before:

http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/7462

http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/4989

Behold Mazie Mazda who drives in everyday from home to NYC where she has a wonderful free parking spot to park for free all day. She is not covering a news assignment at the location of said assignment in her reserved parking spot a privilege a local resident pays over $7000.00 a year for.

Mazie is joined by fellow FOX 5 employee Cretans enjoying their free all-day parking spot at resident expense. They are like cockroaches infesting you home. You spray them and they go to your neighbor. These un-enforced placard abusers are never ticketed and the signage is meaningless depriving local area residents curbside parking while they enjoy the free perk the taxpayers provide.

No amount of congestion pricing would discourage someone from driving in knowing they had a free reserved parking spot where they worked.

Mazie can be often seen on this block or in the general area in similar restricted parking areas with her fellow FOX 5 cretans parking all day and spending at most 30 seconds looking for a spot while residents are excluded in their own neighborhood from this curbside parking.

This is utter insanity. Press placards are only valid for three hours in a red signed press zone or at the scene of an assignment. They are not all day free parking permits to be used near the studio.

Big SUV parked in no standing zone, to close to hydrant. The permit in the window did not match the lic.plate on the SUV. This spot is a favorite spot for NYPD to park and see the movies at the place around the corner. Once again there where open legal spots to park on the block, but hey they would get a ticket,right? Also, what is with the overly tinted windows that seem very popular with the NYPD officers that break the rules?

illegal, and plate numbers don't event match placard

[note: this is actually a DOT Agency Authorized on Street Permit, not an ABPP]

common problem here.

This permit is both invalid (not filled out) and expired! An NYPD patch in the dashboard is a nice touch.

Though it sounds bogus, this government organization actually exists. The illegitimacy of this placard, however, is obvious.

Van abusing parking permit again prevents the street cleaner from cleaning this area of the street. The driver continues to flaunt the law by parking overnight and well into morning. As you can see from today's picture, the driver parks directly under the 'no parking anytime' sign. How do we stop this blatant abuse of authority? This person lives there, and is not there on 'official business'.

Driver parks in front of his apartment building overnight and during the day. Van blocked traffic during nearby visit from fire department's trucks. Van blocks street cleaners in the morning. Driver of van clearly perceives himself as above the law. "No Parking Anytime" sign is attached to pole directly in front of van, to the right in the picture (van is parked directly under sign).

Not sure that this corrections officers permit is good for anything other than a parking pass for the east -west wing of the staten island complex. That is what it looked like. But the "corrections" officer felt it was good enough to park right in front of 1 of 2 hydrants on the block. Great example of CPR.

This driver is using a USPS union placard to park illegally.

And here's the Prius.

The permit number wasn't legible in this photo either, plus it was obscured by the registration. Again, however, the plate matches the one on the permit.

It's getting tough out there for abuser of parking placards! Now off-duty NYPD have to compete with other city agencies to find a nice convenient hydrant.

This car and the Prius in the next violation were parked together at the hydrant. Both had placards, of course... You can imagine my surprise.

Not sure if I got the placard number right (my photo turned out to be a bit blurry) but the license plate is correct and matches the placard.