NYPD retrains cops to avoid parking ticket mistakes
The NYPD has started a rigorous program to retrain cops on parking regulations to avoid wrongly ticketing drivers, according to Councilmember Vincent Gentile, who had been urging police brass to educate officers in the wake of incidents in which motorists were hit with summonses for parking in legal spaces.
Gentile said he was particularly concerned about drivers receiving tickets for parking at T-intersections. Drivers who park at certain T-intersections are not subject to fines, thanks to a Department of Transportation (DOT) regulation change in 2009.
A T-intersection can be defined as a three-way junction consisting of a long street that meets a shorter, one-way street.