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In article <dnoll-260594171817@dnoll.pbs.org>,
Diana Noll <dnoll@pbs.org> wrote:
>In article <2s13r1$89h@news1.digex.net>, jpl3@access3.digex.net (John P.
>Landahl III) wrote:
>> 
>> I recently got a parking ticket in DC for an expired meter.  I can deal
>> with that.  But the overzealous ticketer also gave me a ticket for not
>> having a front license plate, even though my car is registered in
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>
>My ex-husband is a U.S. Park Police officer in DC.  From what I remember,
>he frequently gave tickets to Virginia and Maryland residents for various
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1) on the subject of Marylanders getting parking tix in DC...if you don't
park in DC very often, don't bother paying the ticket.  My old car (which
my fiancee now uses and almost never parks in DC) has anywhere from 10-12
tickets outstanding and I have absolutely no intention of paying them.  I
can proably get away with this because they wrote down the wrong tag
number on the tickets, but you should be OK otherwise because MD does not
share DMV info with DC.  I think DC's parking laws suck rope and I
advocate parking illegally whenever you can get away with it in DC and
never paying any tickets for it.  But you're on your own if you join me in
my crusade...:)

As far as the Park Police ex-husband...I think that the USPP officers have
broader reaching powers than do regular municipal officers like those
found in DC and MD.  As "federal police officers" I believe that USPPO's
can enforce the laws of whatever state the car is registered in.

I have one friend, however, who is a USPPO and says that he NEVER writes
parking tickets and will ALMOST never write a moving violation ticket
unless the offender is a) a total a**hole or b) wanted (a "positive 29",
for you police scanner geeks...:])

Thank you all for not selling my name and address to the DC Parking Bureau...
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