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.

Black BMW operator displays NYPD placard with different plate than on vehicle, parks for hours in "No Standing Anytime" zone, adjacent to school facility, 2 malls and at the merge point of 2 streets that carry major mall traffic overflow. This was site of injury accident 12/2006, in part due to blind spots, reckless driving and jaywalking. This is irresponsible behavior of one who is supposed to protect the public, but rather chooses to throw the public away in order to support a small personal convenience and cost savings (the mall parking is across the street (90th Street). He, in shorts and a bright yellow shirt, and his female companion, finally show up with packages that he stowed in his trunk, before driving arrogantly off - celebrating the fact that no summons or tow occurred.

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!!!

This car has been parked outside the school all day. Called 311 and was directed to the local precinct. They came and said they couldn't ticket as they didn't know school was in session..... even though they were standing outside the school where school kids were coming and going and we TOLD them school was in session.
License number on permit doesn't match. Pink card permit with no lamination - fake??

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...

"No Standing Anytime" - You're kidding, right? I'm a cop. I can park my car anywhere I want.

I could care less if it's discourteous, unprofessional, and disrepectful. Who's gonna stop me?

Oh, and keep working hard at your job to pay all those taxes so I can have a cushy retirement.

Let's start with the illegal dark cover over the license plate, intended to prevent the red light cameras from ticketing this dirty cop when he runs red lights with his personal vehicle.

(Reminder from the DMV:
http://nysdmv.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/nysdmv.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=184)

(Note that if he was on official business that required running a red light, he could easily have a photo dismissed, so the cover is clearly meant to allow him to break the law!)

Then there's the fact he's parked illegally in a NO STANDING ANYTIME zone that is necessary for visibility at an irregular intersection.

And he has a placard issued to an entirely different vehicle in the windshield (trying to obscure the license plate it was issued to) to keep the dirty cops from ticketing him while parked dangerously.

Finally, there is the Dirty Five-Two, which steadfastly refuses to do anything to protect the public from all the dirty cops in our community.

As usual, the people we see breaking the law are all dirty cops!

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!!!

This guy is a regular. And still the Dirty Five-Two seems thoroughly unwilling to ticket him on their own.

He was documented parking illegally in this same area on 5/30, 6/12, and 6/27. He was ticketed on 6/27 after sustained pressure through several channels.

Yet again today he is sitting there, illegally parked under a NO STANDING ANYTIME zone with a placard that does not allow parking in a no standing zone. The placard, as the Dirty Five-Two knows perfectly well, does not even belong to this vehicle!

But they still won't ticket it, unless somebody absolutely forces them.

There needs to be accountability. After all this discussion and cooperation from the community abused by these dirty cops, if any officer passes this car without ticketing it, he should be fired on the spot.

Doing this part of the job is not hard at all. If they won't even do the easy parts of the job, they don't deserve a penny of our hard earned tax money!

Here's a vehicle with a placard from Midtown South. Maybe he's just lost? This part of the Bronx kind of looks like it could be a self-enforcement zone in Midtown South, right?

Yeah, sure. Oh, and he's parked directly below a bright red sign that says "NO STANDING ANYTIME" in all capital letters. A self-enforcement placard doesn't allow police officers to legally park in NO STANDING zones. Maybe he just can't read?

Or maybe he's just another dirty cop, taking advantage of the lack of integrity in the Dirty Five-Two.

The Dirty Five-Two - breaking the law every day. It's so much more fun than enforcing it!

On this great Fourth of July, we remember the birth of the first democratic nation on Earth, dedicated to the rule of Law.

Well, at least some of us do.

Then there are the same dirty cops who could care less about anything other than themselves. For the second day in a row, this dirty cop drove the car he just bought and parked it in front of the entrance to the park.

Kids have to walk in the street. Mothers with strollers have to dodge cars. Dog walkers try to keep their pets from getting run over. All because this guy was too lazy to walk about fifty feet.

That's right. There were several open parking spaces a mere fifty feet away. He parked while I was in the park, so I could see the empty, legal parking spots he drove past to go park illegally, blocking the entrance into the park.

On our nation's birthday, while the rest of us are celebrating our Independence from an abusive form of government that disregarded the Will of the People, this dirty cop is instead violating that very will. The Law, as enacted by our duly elected representatives, is clearly posted on the sign: NO STANDING ANYTIME.

But the Law, the very spirit of our nation, is meaningless to this dirty cop. Even on this, our Nation's birthday.

What a disgraceful reminder of how we must be ever vigilant of the abuse of power!!!

Dirty cop wants to show off his new car (temporary registration taped in the front windshield next to the placard from a different precinct).

Free parking spots all over the place, but he's going to block the entrance into the park. Either he's too lazy to walk 30 feet, or he really, really wants to make everybody gets a good view of the Infinity. They might be a little distracted trying not to get hit by traffic while walking in the street, though!

(NO STANDING ANYTIME clearly posted, pavement is hatched to be used by pedestrians because there is no sidewalk.)

The Precinct know all about the problems at this location. We remind them all the time. And, it is just a basic part of their job as officers sworn to enforce the law, after all.

Despite the basic commons sense, and the constant reminders and community pressure, they still do not ticket - unless somebody calls. Even then it's hit or miss whether they'll actually enforce the law against "one of their own."

Just another day in the Dirty Five-Two!

This guy is good for $115.

Imagine, if they simply issued summonses and towed a significant fraction of these cops parking illegally, we could go a long way toward closing the budget gap.

Why increase class sizes? Why close senior centers? Just make people who are breaking the law pay the penalties they are legally required to pay!

Of course, they would eventually start parking legally, and the City would lose this revenue. But the economy should come back, so simply enforcing the law seems like it might not be a bad way to help bridge the financial gap.

Oh, and it's also kind of their job to enforce the law too.

One illegally parked cop right behind the other... Really not a surprise at this point.

The residents in this neighborhood are rarely parked illegally (but they still get tickets). But walk more than a few blocks and you're sure to find a dirty cop who parked his cop illegally.

The Dirty Five-Two sure seems to love a party. It's the place where all the dirty cops go to get together!

This placard does not belong to this vehicle. That doesn't stop it from parking illegally all over the area!

Of course, the person who is using it to break the law will continue using this favor from his dirty cop buddy until somebody stops him.

Ticket, tow, and fire the cop.
Discipline really is that simple!

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???

Yet another dirty cop decided the hatched area designed to get pedestrians into the park safely was better used as his parking space.

Who cares if kids have to walk in the street to get to the park on Memorial Day, right?

No Courtesy when mothers with little kids have to walk in the street because of the actions of selfish cops.

No Professionalism, when law enforcement breaks the law and their buddies don't enforce it.

No Respect when an entire community suffers this continual insult on our park!

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.

It seems every cop in The Bronx wants to block access to our main neighborhood park. These placards are not even from the same precinct! We have talked with the 52 repeatedly, and they SAY they will ticket these dirty cops.

But when we call... every complaint gets ignored. 311 complaints are closed out with statements like "no violation observed" or "those responsible had left". Meanwhile, we walk by again and the same personal vehicle with the cop's placard is still sitting in the exact same spot.

Instead of enforcing the law, these cops are the ones breaking it. And their buddies are all covering for them. Truly unbelievable! Enough already!!!

This black Altima is parked in the same location as the Camero in the previous post (you can see the Camero in the picture). However, he doesn't cover up the license plate # on the placard with his EZ-Pass (I forgot to mention that before). The placard is legit (I think), but his use of it isn't. There are some other cars who use NYPD placards to park in this "No Standing" residential zone. I'll keep my eye out for them and post them in the future.

This new bright yellow Camero is parked in the same spot everyday. I often wondered how it could do such a thing since I parked in the same area for the week I had a car in Manhattan - and had to move my car constantly. I then noticed it was parked in a "No Standing Anytime" with white hash marks denoting the area. Huh, how could he park here? Oh, the placard in his windshield says NYPD. But wait, this isn't an emergency and this person is parking in a residential area - nowhere near any SEZ. So, he (or she) is using the placard to park closer to his apartment building than his fellow residents. Hmm...kinda rude.

Above the Law: Parked in No Standing Zone next Asphalt Green

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

Local cop uses the walkway into a large, busy park as his personal parking space. It's a NO STANDING zone, but that doesn't stop him from forcing mothers with strollers, dog walkers, and the elderly to walk in the middle of the street! This is habitual, most evenings it's there all night, sometimes it stays there all weekend. Of course, I've never seen it ticketed...

No permit number, just "136" set in a graphic of a badge.

Later ID'd as Permit 1360024

I own a restaurant and catering company in Brooklyn that requires the use of a garage. When cars block my driveway, I am unable to serve my clients and do business. My rent is quite high given this special need in a prime area, however, I will have to close my doors (and let go of my eight employees) if the NYPD continues to use my driveway as a private parking lot. This white Honda has been blocking my driveway since last Tuesday (one week and counting!). Notice the NYPD van double parked, also blocking my driveway. Ironically, even though these guys are causing me to lose business, I will still be required to pay State and City taxes to support these so-called, Civil Servants.

Everyday this vehicle is parked illegally past the No Standing sign on the north side of East 222 Street & Bronx Boulevard. This parking is a continuous flagrant and utterly blatant disregard for NYC parking laws. I personally have seen traffic agents give out parking tickets to FDNY & Sanitation personnel who parked at the same spot to see if they got the same treatment. Traffic agents do not enforce traffic laws when it comes to this illegal parking permit. This has got to stop. This officer needs to get reprimanded, given a CD and maybe a month's rip.

I have seen this car parked on the same spot on a 'No Standing' zone on my way to work every day for at least two years (actually, it's not the same car; he had a red Lexus before buying this 2009 model a few months ago). The permit is from the Police Department of the City of New York School Safety Division, and expired December 31, 2009. The permit appears to be a photocopy, with the license plate handwritten at the bottom. It is placed upside down under the registration and inspection certificate, so it is hard to see.

The car is parked there all day, because i sometimes see it still there on my way home. I have never in all this time seen him get a ticket.

Of particular irony is that he parks illegally right next to a parking garage, and that the vanity license plate makes it clear that the owner is very religious.

Continued and clear abuse of placard regulations which clearly state that placard parking is never permitted in NO STANDING ANYTIME zones.

Despite a letter from CB 8 as follows:

The City of New York
Manhattan Community Board 8

May 28, 2009

Inspector James Murtagh
Commanding Officer
NYPD-19th Precinct
153 East 67th Street
New York, NY 10065

Dear Inspector Murtagh,

Community Board 8M has recently received a number of complaints from the public about vehicles displaying “NYPD-19th Precinct” placards parking illegally at the two small center islands located at either end of 66th Street between Second and Third Avenues.

As you know, these islands are signed “No Standing Anytime” and it is illegal for any vehicles to park at curbs with this signage, even with a city issued placard.

We would appreciate it if you would remind your officers of this fact.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Sincerely,

Jacqueline Ludorf Jonathan Horn and Charles Warren

Members of the NYPD apparently fully supported by their commanding officer continue to thumb their above-the-law noses at the law and civilian authority.

For more posts follow links provided below:

http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/454

http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/1000

http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/1068

http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/1069

http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/1072

http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/1073

http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/1074

http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/1085

http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/8122

http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/8389

http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/8525
http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/9080

I don't think there is a 519 precinct. The placard says "Legal Bureau." It looks like a photocopy too, which is illegal. Not to mention the fact that it has expired.

No placard, just a dashboard full of police junk (vest, hat, PBA card - showing badge # 25558). It's his 3rd time in this spot, so it's not police business. No ticket though!

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.

Several months ago, in response to a civilian request, NYC DOT daylighted the northwest corners of both Douglass Street and Fifth Avenue and Baltic Street and Fifth Avenue as a safety measure. Unfortunately, both corners are frequently occupied by illegally parked cars.

Both streets run eastbound across Fifth Avenue, and both are offset, with the streets on the east side of Fifth Avenue about 20 feet north of the streets on the west side of Fifth. This creates a dangerous situation, in which cars heading to and through the intersection can't see pedestrians in or entering the crosswalk until they're nearly in the intersection, and vice versa. The daylighting of the corners vastly improved visibility -- which is negated when a vehicle parks illegally at the corner.

Today, the spot on the northwest corner of Douglass at Fifth Avenue was occupied by a late-model silver Toyota RAV4, with a police permit that appeared to be photocopied. The space is marked No Standing Anytime.

Unsurprisingly, the corresponding spot at Baltic and Fifth Avenue was also occupied by a van, which totally obscured the intersection (it did not sport a placard -- just Pennsylvania plates). I pointed it out to a passing Traffic Enforcement Agent, who wrote a ticket. When I mentioned the RAV4 with the parking placard at Douglass, she rolled her eyes, said that TEAs hate placard parkers because they park everywhere with no regard, but said there was "nothing they can do."

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.

This car is parked daily on Ascan Ave in Queens between Queens Blvd and Austin St. where there is daily alternate side of the street parking and 2 hour meter. This car abuses their permit on a daily basis. They do not move it for alternate side of the street parking or pay the meter ever. Every time I say something to a traffic cop about it they say there is nothing they can do because it has a permit when you can clearly see that it is not here on official business considering it is here everyday.

On date/time picture was taken is a Federal holiday and all city agencies are closed hence should be ticketed on that day all day!!

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

no dice!

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