A $150.00 fine is nowhere enough. Try a $1000.00 fine

When I was a cop in California, I used to cite illegal handicapped space parkers as often as I could. The fine was $408.00. Most of the violators said "I was only there for a minute." I'd then point out "that space is free, that space there is free, that space there is free. Why would you pick the only space that costs $408.00? It doesn't make sense." Others would say "if a handicapped person wanted to park in the space I was in, I would move my car and let them park there." I said "They are not going to ask you if you aren't there to move it." I had little sympathy for the violators of handicapped spaces.

I used to work as an Armed Guard at a Walgreens years ago. And people used to constantly park in the handicap ♿ space in front of the store. It used to tick me off so much!! But there was nothing I could do about it. However, a short time later, I got hired on with the City Police Dept. And luckily for me, that Walgreens location happened to be in my sector. So whenever I had down time, I would stop by here & there to issue tickets whenever I seen people parked there. It might sound petty, but it put a smile on my face 🙂

Put the fine up to $1000

Tow the freaking vehicles! Give their owners a good taste of inconvenience. The inconvenience, and additional cost, of having to get their lazy azzs to the impound lot.

Never forget the time my paraplegic friend went to the back and both spots were taken illegally and he parked right behind them illegally and got out and went to another store for about 15 minutes , then went into the bank for another 10 . When we came out of the bank there were 2 pissed off people ready for a fight until my friend came out in his wheelchair and started getting in the car. Neither of them said a word and I just stared at them with a smile.

Handicap parking abuse should be 1000.$

The first part of the video, with the Mother and Son; nearly brought me to tears !!! As for the PIO; you need NEVER apologize for doing your job !! Handicapped people thank you, Buddy !!!

$150.00 is a joke of a fine. $450.00 minimum where I am plus a $350.00 tow.

Only $150? Try upping that amount to $500 or better yet, just boot the car and then have it towed. That will stop that practice real quick!

We need more guys like him enforcing the rules of parking for wheelchair spaces

Increase the fine from $150 to $450 or more, and if guilty, zero chance for not paying. I love this guy and would love to do his job. I have ZERO sympathy for those who violate handicapped parking places, none.

$150 ticket. It should be $1000

Ive been driving for 38 years . Ive never parked in a handicap parking spot . If i have somebody this handicap i take them to the front door . Drop them off . And go park .

As a disabled person, it really sets me off that that do not need the spot take them. I am a below the knee amputee, and had many people say I can walk and I do not need it. Where I live between the fine and tow it is just over a grand, some other parts of the state it is more.

I've been working at my home depot for going on 8 years now and this nice lady with cerebral palsy had been coming in since before I worked there. She actually looked quite healthy but the moment she'd get up to reach something on a higher shelf you could see from how her legs would shake that there's no way she could get around without her scooter. Well probably 3 years ago or so I was working as assistant manager and a customer came up to me telling me that this guy was following this lady in a scooter around saying she's a fake and as I'm going around looking for them I see this in a checkout lane bumping his car into something and I walk up and he's bumping his cart into the back of this ladies scooter. There's a lane completely open right next to her so I tell him he can take that empty lane and he said "nah i'm good" so I'm just straight up with him and told him I was informed that he had been following her around and if he didn't stop harassing her he would have to leave. I didn't even need to tell him to leave, he just got pissy and started to walk out and as he got to the door he just ran out screaming and I see him running up to a truck being towed...it turns out an employee collecting shopping carts saw a guy park in a handicap spot without putting up his handicap sticker and radioed into the manager who then called a parking lot security guard who ticketed him $400 for parking in a handicap spot and then called a tow truck after it not moving for 15 minutes.

$150 ??? Seriously ? what a joke. Should start at $350 minimum, and go up.

US needs to do like Sweden,the fines are based on income,so if a violator is rich,you know that ticket is gonna be in the thousands,that's how you hurt them.

In San Francisco first offense is $850.00

Tow the cars and send them to auction.

$150...no wonder you have a problem.

Parking enforcement doesn’t need a quota, there is so much illegal parking that they get good numbers.

In New York, the fine for illegally parking in a disabled spot is $850.

tow it and crush it , every time.......and it will stop.

I'm glad to see that someone is stepping up and get people like that. I know I am disabled and in a wheelchair and I have caught people in the handicap parking and I did not have a place to park except for a parking spot almost at the end of the parking lot.

Should be $1k

Should be a $1000 minimum fine and loss of license for a year.

Like that nice young man and his mom don't have a hard enough life...some lazy bum has to make it harder for them? I could cry. God bless them.

"Needs ACCIBLE parking." Are you kidding me Utah ABC Channel 4? Where are your editors? Who let this get on the air?

I've never actually seen one of the newer parking enforcement vehicles, they look lovely. I really don't understand the mindset of people who think they are entitled to the handicap parking space just because it isn't being used, nothing but self-absorbent people.

Some of us do not always insist on the closest space I have a power chair to do the distance only major problem is the ones who park in tight so I not able to get my chair in or out because I not able to get room to open my door the bigger spaces are not for bad parkers

Just tow it,they'll think twice

Excellent work keep it up

If they would tow them fine 500 bucks the problem would be solved

here's an important question....i have had to deal with this most of my life....do you ticket cops abusing handicap spaces? they are some of the worst offenders. and some of their excuses are ridiculous...i have to have my car close in case i get a call, i'm a cop i'm allowed are two of the worst.

Respect and education, they dont have that

As a disabled person who uses an electric wheelchair, when I see people do this, I just want to take the air out of their tires, makes me so mad that people can be so ignorant !

Happens in the uk, I noted 2 today, one was a company car It will be posted and the drivers shamed

His jacket logo looks like a middle finger

Good service guy.

Should be at least $750 to take a bite out of crime!!!

His jacket logo looks like he's flicking the Birdy lol

I had a side entrance van before too, and it was awful trying to find parking. Worse, one night, I went to the grocery store, and came out to find I couldn't get back in to my van. There were a lot of spaces too.

Start charging what they do in Georgia. Fines are over $500, yes, over FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS. $125 is an easy fine.

Years ago I had an old beater El Camino. When I'd spot somebody parked illegally in a handicapped space on private property I'd "accidentally" run into their car just a tiny bit, then call the cops. It's a $500 fine in my state, and since it's on private property, I can't be given a ticket for poor driving.

I liked the cop in another video when asked if he was trying to meet his "quota." He told the lady, "We don't have quotas ma'am. We can write all the tickets we want!" LOL!!

Make it the same fine as SC- $1000. No questions asked

I live in picture Rock Tucson the Dollar General in picture Rock there's always people parked in handicap spaces with no authorization which means a handicapped person like myself has to part further back I'm waiting for them to start ticketing them

Either they feel they are entitled or have excess money. Set up a CCT camera at that one spot downtown and see how many people park there. Then issue a ticket with their photo on it.Print their photo if they park there more than 3 times or show it in the news, city crime stoppers web page.

Should be, '3 strikes and you're out'! Three parking violations and your license is suspended!!

Wow that's getting off seemingly cheap, I know for a fact the same ticket here in Canada is $400.00 in certain cities.

As a disabled person it's nice to have these spots but I hardly use them but those that are not disabled and take these spots should go in front of a federal judge cause it's a federal law that makes these spots open and get heaver fines due to them being stupid

I’ve been a paraplegic since infancy and I experience every day. Abusers universal excuse is ill only be a minute. No matter how nice you ask them to please not park in them most go nuts and threaten you , cuss you and make every excuse as to why they are a exception. I’ve given up saying anything and just go somewhere else or park where I can.

I have a placard for myself and my dad has a permanent tag on his car for himself. I get so angry when my dad parks on the lines because there are no spots open even though I have told him multiple times that those lines are for side deploying ramps. If there is a spot close to the front I’ll use it instead of the handicap spot that is even closer just in case someone might need it more than me. Being younger, I have older people doubt my placard is valid and I tell them it has my name on it and not all disabilities are visible.

Make the ticket huge $1000+ and even higher for commercial vehicles, $2500+. That's the only way clueless/entitled people will stop.

I just place a caltrop under both rear tires so they go flat when they back out if the space. Nobody carries 2 spare tires and insurance only covers them if all 4 tires are flattened.

in SF , 3 blocks full of blue tags , every single cars

You Really have to be some kind of Special Wanker to park in a Disabled spot if your not Disabled!

$150? That's cheap. I'm a police officer in California. Our agency is one the lowest fines around; $300. Other agencies around us charge $900. One of my favorite cites though, is for misusing a placard. $1200 fine, misdemeanor record, placard confiscated, and in a couple cases, car impounded. After seeing a 98 yo woman walking to a parking space half a mile away because the handicap spots were taken, I went after the misuse violators hard. (She only got about 50 feet before I stopped and gave her a ride to her car).

It doesn't matter if it's about the ticket quota because in cases like this, it is completely justifiable and extremely over due. I wish every state would adopt this program, I'd be first in line to apply for this job if it were in my state and city lol.

He's right and doing a good thing. I had an elderly relative who could barely walk. When able-bodied people park in handicap spots, I think of him.

We need plenty of them here in the bay area...More power to you .

i say boot them, ticket them, then TOW THEM.

That guy deserves a raise

huh. Around here the handicap parking tick $500

I think handicap stickers are handed out like candy they need to revoke a lot of them!

Thank you for saving the handicapped parking spaces. It hard to find a space for me Richard. When visit your state.

I don't have a handicap placard and I'm in good health. When I park I usually park far away just in case seniors or people with small children need close spots. Just how I was raised.

My husband had a handicaped plaque back when we had a vehicle. But spaces werent hard to find and ppl rarely park there that dont need them

Minimum fee should be $1500

Anyone notice the small print of accessible is spelled wrong in beginning of video, then the big print is correct then the small isnt

The moustache was the real crime

My deceased mother who was 82 in her last year, used a walker, and oxygen. She had four artificial joints to include two knees. One time I took her shopping and all the handicapped spots were taken including a couple with no handicapped license plate or hang tag! We had to walk quite a distance to get to the store and my poor mother who had COPD really bad asked me to take her home without ever entering the building! She was so exhausted from the long walk that she could not continue! Cops here in south Florida never do anything about people parking in spots that are reserved for disabled people and also parking in fire lanes or not even bothering to get off the road. I saw a person the other day, park their car in front of a store in the road and walk into the store blocking traffic!

It should be a $500 ticket.

I had a side entry van and you are right that it is more of a problem.

Is it just me or does the seal on the parking enforcement Officers coat from a distance look like it’s flipping the bird?

Basically new edition parking wars.

Slap a $1,000 ticket on the window and see if anything changes. 2nd time gets another 1k and tow

I really like this guy. A rare government employee who is dedicated. Good for him.

remove their car and charge them for storage $150/day

My Radiology Oncologist offered me a handicapped parking permit. I declined - for now. For as long as possible I prefer to leave those rare spaces for people that need it more than me. For now the side effects of my inop brain tumor are not obvious to others. A guy at a grocery store was harassing a lady parked in a Handicapped space, he couldn't 'see' any issues. The lady was near my age (early 70s), and was terrified. Being fairly fearless I intervened and said 'it's a good thing her Dr can diagnose emphysema without having to see it'. (I don't know if she had emphysema but it was the first diagnosis that occurred to me.) I helped the lady into her wheelchair and he continued to rant. I called 911 and reported Elder Abuse on a handicapped lady as we entered the store. He followed us in the store. Store Security intervened just as a Police car arrived. He actually had a knife in his pocket! He pulled the knife on Security so he was arrested. It's a shame people will not mind their own business.

Back in 1998 I got a ticket for parking in a handicap space...it was winter time and the sign was on the ground covered with snow....i talked with the security guard he said if I had the ticket with me I would not have to pay...i did not have it with it was around $ 60.00...so please be understanding people need those spaces

He seems proud of giving tickets

Help please I just got my handicap license plate not too long ago when I see handicap spot that says Van on it can I still park there I try not to because I know they need the bigger space but if that's the only one available can I still use it

Yes, dont park in the handicapped space if you dont have a tag. But on a side note, I noticed there's a lot more people with these tags that dont need any assistance getting around. They dont have chairs, walkers, crutches, canes nothing. I'll say about 90% of the ones I see using tags dont seem to need it. Not sure whats the criteria to get these tags, but it doesnt seem like much.

I so hate when people misuse the handicap zone.

That is one hell of a typo in the graphics.

My husband and I turned a mall cop in once for parking in the handicapped parking spot! It ticked us off because there are very few handicapped spots in that garage! I have a placard because I can’t walk far!

We need more people like him in the world. Great job my guy though you need to get some more boots for those cars

I have a side entry van and use a powered wheelchair - after way too many instances of people parking in the hashed out area intended for deployment of the ramp, if I had to damage their vehicle in order to get in, I’d do that. I’m not going wait around, and hope they’re coming back soon. I’ve scratched, creased, and dented doors, I’ve deployed the ramp into the sides of their vehicles, and in instances where there’s no possible way for me to get in whatsoever, I just wait to have a friendly discussion with them. I’ll never understand what goes through the mind of a person who thinks it makes sense to park in a disabled spot when they don’t need it.

Since the there is an increase in accessible parking spot violators increase the fine. For a first time offense the fine would be $1,000 minimum and a wheel clamp placed on the vehicle so they have to pay the fine.

Life simple you follow rules and there will be no consequences

Did anyone else notice that the “city ambassador “ was not wearing his seatbelt?

In Ontario, Canada one can be fined up to $5,000 dollars for illegally parking in a disabled spot. That keeps the deviants in check.

$150????? No wonder there is so many violators. Should be $500+

I go to LA Fitness. There are a few handicapped parking spaces in front of LA Fitness. I actually saw eat Rolls Royce park there and the guy was bench pressing 200 pounds. I often see really expensive cars park there and people are on the treadmill doing fast jogging at a pace of 4 miles per hour. These people seem to have handicapped tags in their cars. But they cannot be for them

Dear God, where is the compassion? Those poor people have so many problems to face every hour of the day...Please be kind!

0:31 He's got two sets of top teeth??? WHAT?!?!

Outstanding. Go get em Dano.

I deal with this at least 3 times a week here in Baltimore County Maryland. Enforcement is none existent from my experience. The fine needs to be raised to $1000.00 and enforced. BALTIMORE COUNTY ARE YOU LISTENING????????????????????????