Craig says: "Call the police district in which the stop occurred:
1) Ask to set up an appointment to meet with the Captain to discuss the
issue and to confirm the incident and time line as you have documented
it; there should be a review of the officer's performance and data in
the system. Hopefully, they will be cooperative. What you are looking to
achieve is a review of the police records, which you will need for a
later step.
2) If you are blown-off you may want to contact both the Commissioner
and Internal Affairs, again seeking a review of the facts."
Whoa. Roger, don't jump from the pot to the frying pan!
When you complain about a cop, the first thing that happens is they give
your name to the cop. The file will always get stamped
"unsubstantiated" after some period of time (the delay makes it seem as
if an investigation took place).
You can get corroboration of this system from the "Tainted Justice"
series at Philly.com. (This has been going on since before anyone can
remember.) Social workers in poor communities and lawyers for police
victims can also give you more insights.
Like the rest of the Philly government, there is no way to address or
fix the many errors. (Most people hope that the offensive department is
so incompetent that they won't be victimized again for a long time.
Victims of the bogus trash tickets are known to express this hope.)
Yes, if you have a politician on your payroll, you will be able to get
the $400 back. The payroll system is the only system for correcting any
government error in Philadelphia.
They laughed at court because you got the van from the impound lot with
4 wheels and an engine! You are supposed to feel lucky but extremely
intimidated whenever you contact the "justice system." Whenever you ask
for fairness, you get intimidation.
I'm not joking, be careful;
Glenn
On 4/22/2010 11:36 PM, [email protected] wrote:
In a message dated 4/22/2010 22:18:27 Eastern Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
Does anyone have any experience in recovering unfair Live-Stop
towing parking fees? Is this just a losing battle?
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Call the police district in which the stop occurred:
1) Ask to set up an appointment to meet with the Captain to discuss
the issue and to confirm the incident and time line as you have
documented it; there should be a review of the officer's performance
and data in the system. Hopefully, they will be cooperative. What you
are looking to achieve is a review of the police records, which you
will need for a later step.
2) If you are blown-off you may want to contact both the Commissioner
and Internal Affairs, again seeking a review of the facts.
3) Ultimately, I believe you will need to call the City Solicitor's
office to discuss how to make a claim for a refund, if in fact the
"live stop" was bungled by the police. If the stop & tow was good but
the court was merciful you may not have a claim.
There may be some other avenues open to you, such as was your driver a
member of a minority or protected group? He may have a complaint to
take before the Human Relations Commission for inappropriate profiling.
You could always comp a good local attorney over dinner and hear
what he/she suggests.
If you are friends with a local powerful politician/ward leader they
may have some other thoughts. Ultimately you have to decide if you
want to take some whacks at the machine -to keep it honest.
Keeping your employee was quite generous, considering his negligence
was the genesis of the problem.
Good luck.
Craig
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