why can a police officer in his police vehicle park on a road with double yellow lines or other parking restriction while they go into a fish and chip shop or other shop for there lunch or a paper. yet a van driver who i might add working for a reputable charity making a delivery of donated goods to one of its shops parked for no more than 5 mins while delivering a 3 peice suite gets a parking ticket. are there different rules for a police officer getting his lunch and a van driver delivering heavy goods. are the rules on parking for a police vehicle for an officer carrying out his duty the same as when he is getting a burger and chips.
2006-06-22 06:28:51 · 19 answers · asked by species8472 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
also bearing in mind the nearest available parking space was a least 200 yards. and yes the police do an important job i also think taking care of those in our under priviliged countries is important as well and it was only 5 mins outside a charity shop
2006-06-22 06:44:00 · update #1
The police honestly think that they are above the law and
can therefore break it with impunity
2006-06-23 09:11:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 4⤋
Listen. Don't act like a spoiled little brat.
Some of the jobs out there in the world involve rights and priviledges that just aren't handed out for the rest of us.
Firemen (firepeople, politically correct) get to drive their fire engines to the grocery stores when they shop, or the restaurants when they go out for dinner. Ambulance drivers take their ambulances home with them. Police Canine officers get to take their police cars home. These are the "perks" allowed with the occupation. But the other side of the coin allows the holders of these jobs to BE AVAILABLE on short notice.
I'll let the police officer double park to run in and get a burger. The police car is closer when it's needed in a hurry. And I've seen it often enough...the cops are in line waiting for food, they get a call, and out the door, unfed, running to an emergency.
Stopping crime is a hell of a lot different then delivering a "suite" for charity.
Pay the ticket. It's charitable and helps pay for the paint for the yellow lines you're moaning over.
2006-06-22 06:37:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A police officer should be held to the same laws as the rest of us. Too bad it never works out that way. The only person that can write a ticket is a police officer. What officer would write another officer a ticket.........They also speed too......and use their lights to get through traffic.....well the bad ones do, not all
2006-06-22 06:34:10 · answer #3 · answered by LoAnnie81 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All emergency vehicles are exempt to parking restrictions, this allows for emergency person's to respond swiftly and immediately to any and all emergency type calls they have been dispatched to. Emergency's can occur at any given time of the day , (including during ones lunch break ). All emergency personnel ( which include fireman, police officers, paramedics) must stay close to their emergency vehicles so they are able to hear their radios located inside their vehicles in the event an emergency call is dispatched.
2006-06-22 07:01:43 · answer #4 · answered by v 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-15 03:07:14 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
simply because the copper that gives the ticket is in the shop, and unless he is as thick as custard , he aint about to nick himself ; ]
"but then again" why do bus drivers get free bus travel,
why do nurses have full first aid kits at home ?
why do air hostesses get free air travel,
why do hire shop staff get free tool hire ?
why is it that only emergency vehicles get to have a blue light,exceed the speed limit,undertake,overtake,go around roundabouts the wrong way and make loud neee naw neee naw nee naw sounds during rush hour traffic
2006-06-22 06:42:02 · answer #6 · answered by Steve 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont think they are allowed to do it but my best friends husband is an officer and he parks where ever he wants off duty. he has this blue paper which he puts in front of his window and it says what percent he works for and it allows him to park in front of hydrants and everything without getting a ticket. its like a privilege badge or something. they have this thing that's like a brotherhood i guess you scratch my back i scratch yours
2006-06-22 06:46:11 · answer #7 · answered by redserenity0804 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because if you were being held hostage, and they were torturing you and you wanted to police to help you, you would want the happiest cop to come to your aid. not one that thinks all of society is garbage. if your child was kidnapped, you would take whatever convience away from yourself that it would take to get your child back. sometimes when there are people in the world that have stressful jobs, and they risk their lives for YOU!!!, its just nice to let them have a convience or two. stressed out people dont care, happy people do care. thus a happy cop is the best one to come save my butt!
2006-06-22 06:32:38 · answer #8 · answered by Blonda 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cos no one polices the police... We need Internal Affairs to clamp down on these corrupt uniforms.
2006-06-22 06:37:24 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
police are subject to same rules off duty (coppers have had speeding tickets issued during high speed chases), but blind eyes do get turned. its injustice of the highest order
2006-06-22 06:32:53 · answer #10 · answered by enigma_variation 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just live with it. The police think they are on a totally differnet level than others. It's a shame but what can we really do?!?
2006-06-22 06:32:32 · answer #11 · answered by Just Asking?!?! 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋