Comments on: Above the Law: Parking Permit Abuse Study Released http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/09/28/parking-permit-abuse-study-released/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:07:22 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Glenn http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/09/28/parking-permit-abuse-study-released/comment-page-1/#comment-5295 Glenn Sun, 01 Oct 2006 21:27:11 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/09/28/parking-permit-abuse-study-released/#comment-5295 Mike - Frankly, I'd like to give critical civil servants (police, fire, etc) better pay, subsidized housing closer to their jobs, free metrocards and whatever other tools they need to do their job - as well as an opportunity for a rational parking policy that doesn't force them to <i>break the law </i>so consistently. Mike - Frankly, I'd like to give critical civil servants (police, fire, etc) better pay, subsidized housing closer to their jobs, free metrocards and whatever other tools they need to do their job - as well as an opportunity for a rational parking policy that doesn't force them to break the law so consistently.

]]> By: garth http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/09/28/parking-permit-abuse-study-released/comment-page-1/#comment-5263 garth Sat, 30 Sep 2006 22:33:59 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/09/28/parking-permit-abuse-study-released/#comment-5263 Free parking and illegal parking are not the same thing Mike. What other laws can cops ignore because they have a hard job? Free parking and illegal parking are not the same thing Mike. What other laws can cops ignore because they have a hard job?

]]> By: Mike http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/09/28/parking-permit-abuse-study-released/comment-page-1/#comment-5259 Mike Sat, 30 Sep 2006 20:11:14 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/09/28/parking-permit-abuse-study-released/#comment-5259 Low pay getting shot at, stabbed, and seeing things that some people will run away screaming. Don't you think we can give them a little something back like free parking wow you people are Unbelievable Low pay getting shot at, stabbed, and seeing things that some people will run away screaming. Don't you think we can give them a little something back like free parking wow you people are Unbelievable

]]> By: Shloma Shamos http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/09/28/parking-permit-abuse-study-released/comment-page-1/#comment-5186 Shloma Shamos Thu, 28 Sep 2006 20:21:11 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/09/28/parking-permit-abuse-study-released/#comment-5186 its a shame its a shame

]]> By: concerned citizen http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/09/28/parking-permit-abuse-study-released/comment-page-1/#comment-5180 concerned citizen Thu, 28 Sep 2006 19:24:27 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/09/28/parking-permit-abuse-study-released/#comment-5180 Just to give a sense of what we're up against here, read this passage of the full report (p.11): <blockquote>During the course of the study, every one of Transportation Alternative's 22 surveyors was questioned and asked for ID (two were detained briefly) by law enforcement officers looking out for their own interest and ensuring “courtesy” for others.</blockquote> This seems like something that needs to be enforced by an outside agency, perhaps Internal Affairs. It would certainly seem that permit abuse would be a gateway form of corruption to other more serious offenses. Here is the mission statement of the <a href="http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/iab/iabindex.html" rel="nofollow">Internal Affairs office</a>: <blockquote>The Internal Affairs Bureau is charged by the Police Commissioner with the institutional accountability, implementation and maintenance of the Department's anti-corruption programs. IAB acting as a guardian of the Department's reputation, is a police Bureau of unparalleled integrity that is thoroughly and effectively intolerant of corruption throughout its ranks. It is the investigator of complaints of serious misconduct and allegations of corruption.</blockquote> Email them the TA report at IAB [at] NYPD.ORG. Just to give a sense of what we're up against here, read this passage of the full report (p.11):

During the course of the study, every one of Transportation Alternative's 22 surveyors was questioned and asked for ID (two were detained briefly) by law enforcement officers looking out for their own interest and ensuring “courtesy” for others.

This seems like something that needs to be enforced by an outside agency, perhaps Internal Affairs. It would certainly seem that permit abuse would be a gateway form of corruption to other more serious offenses.

Here is the mission statement of the Internal Affairs office:

The Internal Affairs Bureau is charged by the Police Commissioner with the institutional accountability, implementation and maintenance of the Department's anti-corruption programs. IAB acting as a guardian of the Department's reputation, is a police Bureau of unparalleled integrity that is thoroughly and effectively intolerant of corruption throughout its ranks. It is the investigator of complaints of serious misconduct and allegations of corruption.

Email them the TA report at IAB [at] NYPD.ORG.

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