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I have never said I don't make enforcement decisions. I don't know where you came up with that. (thin air maybe??)Originally Posted by Guisslapp
I don't believe I made a poor decision to write a ticket to someone who was parked somewhere they should not have been. It's a ticket I will continue to write. Handicapped zones are for handicapped people. If doing that makes me an asshole, count me as an asshole.
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Last edited by Soonerdawg; 07-03-2008 at 10:25 AM.
Meaning no disrespect, I would like to take this opportunity, Dawgfan71227, to comment on those handicapped spaces between Sutten and Kidd in UP. Those 4 spaces correspond to 4 handicapped accessible rooms in apartments KA 105 and KA 106. I happen to live in and know all the people that live in those apartments and can positively say that none of the occupants are physically handicapped (and we have all lived there for 2 years), therefore those spaces should never legitimately be parked in, unless someone in the vicinity happened the break there leg recently. Furthermore, the only handicapped person I know of in the area is a friend of mine and lives in Sutton, always parking on western, rather than the afforementioned spaces. So, seeing as there is no loading zone (like there is across the street for the Thatcher and Caruthers commons) it would be appreciated if you could be a little forgiving of people who will only be in the spot for a few minutes(assuming there is another space available in case of emergency or they are readily able to move their car if needed). I am just asking that if a car is there, could you make note of it and come back 10 or 15 minutes later to see if they are still there and then give them a ticket? Or give them a warning? I personally have never been giving a ticket for this, but some friends of mine have for being in that spot for no more than 5 minutes, and if you are the cop that gave them the tickets, then you were very rude to them at the time. I would just like you to exercise some discretion and patience when dealing with those spaces if at all possible. Thank you.
How is "loading" defined in the parking code that Tech uses? From what I have seen on this, it can vary by jurisdiction. In some places what Juice was doing was clearly loading, because the vehicle was standing temporarily while a second occupant was in the building retrieving the items to be "loaded." In other jurisdictions the loading/unloading must be immediate and active, so he would be parking when his girlfriend was out of sight, but loading when she was in sight.
I guess the test for this would be how Tech police handles other similar situations. For example, at Woodard Hall the Coke and snack vending machine tenders routinely park their trucks in the fire zone. So, during the period that they are in the building stocking the machines, do those vehicles get ticketed? If not, why not?
Because those people aren't Tech students, so the Tech Police don't harbor any ill feelings towards them. Plus, the vendors probably throw them a cold coke and package of Dolly Madisons.
Can this thread be renamed the thread that refused to die? The cops, be they La. Tech or any other agency, don't make the rules about how many handicapped spaces are available. It is specified in the Americans with Disabilities Act. The office I work in has 2 Handicapped spots that have never (in 7 years) been occupied by a handicapped driver, but we still are required to have them. Don't park there, quit bitching about how many there are and count your blessings that you don't actually need a handicapped parking spot!
I can understand about having to comply with the Persons with Disabilities Act; the building I work in has 8 handy-spots which only one person, who had a handy-pass, has ever parked in the three years I have been here, and yet the building isn't that accessable for a person in a wheelchair! The person who would park there just has a bad hip...
This thead has too many posts to review, but would Dawgfan71227 still have given a ticket if he pulled up as Juice's girl was getting out of Juice's vehicle?
Not that this applies to the situation at hand, but it's a picture that I took that I thought was funny and I don't think there is a better place to put this. I've thought about emailing this picture to the local police department.
You can't see it from the picture, but he DOES have a handicap tag hanging from his rearview mirror.
Last edited by Abominable Gorilla; 07-03-2008 at 02:26 PM. Reason: Last sentence added for clarification.
probably as handycaped as my sister...all because she is bi-polar the State of TX was going to allow her a handycaped designation. She never filed it, but it seems they give them out to those that don't need them...and that vehicle is definatly not driven by a Little Person, someone in a wheel chair, or someone who uses crutches to walk...
It's not only was he parked or not..but why can't the officer just ask him to move?
If you are slightly speeding then a cop will flash his lights at you..if you don't wear your seat belt you hardly even get caught! And there are drugs being sold all over and teenage drinking going on at every party every weekend...and no one gets in trouble for all of that..
And I'm not excusing Juice for sitting in a handicapped spot because it probably wasn't the BEST decision..but he is the type of guy that all the officer had to do was tell him to move and he would do it without question.
It's like at school when I get in trouble for having my shirt untucked and John Smith is in the bathroom getting high or in the lunch room drinking vodka and PowerAde with his lunch.
He has every right in the world to right that ticket. He is not obligated to give me a warning. However does anyone else find the situation slightly ironic? I got a ticket for being in a handicapped spot when there were a few empty spots still there but his getting out of his car to write me a ticket actually blocked more handicapped spots than I did.
Is this the reason why Tech campus is considered the biggest speed trap in the state? <note I am not only talking about speeding but about unnecessary tickets>
That is Minden.
Hey PUNK, Minden has it's bad..as does every town..but also has it's good (aka my group of friends).
The LSU fans are what really piss me off.
Minden has some pretty great girls too.
Dawg Dude, you are wise beyond your years. What are you planning for your major at TECH?
I have a serious question. Why do University Police officers become University Police officers instead of say a local police officer, in this case a Ruston Police officer or even a Lincoln Parish Deputy Sherriff or Lousiana State Police Officer? Do you have to meet the same qualifications to achieve rank in each prospective unit or are some more difficult?
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