Crime & Safety
DC Police Car Gets Parking Ticket From City: Report
A D.C. parking enforcement officer apparently ticketed a police car in the city recently.
WASHINGTON, DC — Here's something you don't see every day: a fully marked Metropolitan Police Department vehicle appears to have been ticketed by a city employee.
Twitter user Raka Choudhury tweeted a picture of a MPD vehicle with a bright pink slip underneath a windshield wiper.
Choudhury said that the vehicle had been ticketed by a D.C. Department of Public Works employee for parking at a Metrobus stop, and that the photo came from staff at the D.C. Department of Transportation.
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DC government at work! @DCPoliceDept got a ticket from @DCDPW for parking at a @wmata Metrobus stop. Photo by @DDOTDC staff. pic.twitter.com/eHaccGxO2O
— Raka Choudhury (@rcrc2012) September 17, 2019
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