DPT Noncompliance

August 2, 2010-The City Department of Parking & Traffic (DPT) is motorists Public Enemy #1, because these are the old "meter maids" now refer to 'Parking Control Officer' or 'Parking Management Specialist' that hands out parking citations. The past few months the Department got some very bad press and videos of DPT officers breaking rules that they were sworn to enforce. The Head of the Department claims he would restate the Department policy of no "double standards in enforcement." Maybe the policy have a Statue of Limitations of 2 months, because today at 8:43 AM I noticed a DPT officer driving northbound along the 1300 block of Stockton Street deciding at the middle of the block to make a U-turn across a double solid yellow lines and parked his vehicle southbound in the red zone. The officer took off his baseball cap and process down Broadway to a restaurant for breakfast. I can imagine what would happened to your car if you did the same actual situation:

                         Illegal U-turn                     $154

                         Parked at a Red Zone          $90

                         Towed & Storage                $385.75

                         Priceless                           Look on your face!