FOP Post on DoR

The Lodge gets involved:

• The Lodge has received numerous telephone inquiries about the Department of Revenue implementing a new policy where both marked and unmarked police units would be ticketed if illegally parked, even if responding to emergency situations.

  The Lodge made several inquires to the Department and the Department of Revenue. Both have assured the Lodge that this is simply a rumor that took on a life of its own. The current policies that are in effect have not changed.

A rumor that has a lot of meat to it:

• From: Turranna Cuchran-Persons
  To: PEA Field Supervisor 1
  Date: 5/14/2009 @ 5:24:01pm
  Subject: Enforcement Reminders
  
  M-Plate vehicles:
  
  Enforcement of M-Plate vehicles is required of all Parking Enforcement Staff. Discretion is necessary when obvious emerency situations or investigations are being conducted. Enforcement of illegally parked vehicles is the responsibility of Parking Enforcement staff.

That seems to track with the other comment from self proclaimed PEA who posted earlier. We'd almost be willing to go along with the FOP's contention that it's all a "rumor." The trouble is we've worked for the City for too long to take that at face value. And we've seen the downtown pukes at other departments back off of stupider decisions than this one when confronted with the reality of where it would go.

UPDATE: Title corrected - we were sleepy