Nat'l Police Agency outsources

[Taro Toporific]

QUESTION: How long has NYC had the dread "deputized" tow trucks? 20 or 30 years??
. NPA may farm out parking patrols
Japan Times, Aug 19 hour ago
An advisory panel to the National Police Agency recommended Thursday that police hire private companies to check on illegal parking and that the government ....

[Taro Toporific]

NPA may farm out parking patrols
Japan Times, Aug 19 hour ago
An advisory panel to the National Police Agency recommended Thursday that police hire private companies to check on illegal parking and that the government ....

WTF! YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY!

NPA panel: Car owners should pay parking fines
Aug 19 / yomiuri.co.jp
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/newse/20030919wo22.htm

.....The panel's proposal included a recommendation that car owners be fined, rather than charged with criminal responsibility.

Under the existing system, police cannot issue a fine for a parking violation unless they identify the driver who committed the violation. If a suspected driver denies the allegation, police cannot force her or him to pay the fine. In addition, about 20 percent of drivers who receive parking tickets do not pay them.

Of course I never pay, but I'm "special."

[Caustic Saint]

QUESTION: How long has NYC had the dread "deputized" tow trucks? 20 or 30 years??
NPA may farm out parking patrols Japan Times, Aug 19 hour ago
An advisory panel to the National Police Agency recommended Thursday that police hire private companies to check on illegal parking and that the government ....

I've wondered if this isn't the case across the water. Tow trucks in Korea have sirens in additioni to flashing lights. They get to run red lights and everything. In fact, I see tow trucks using their sirens more than I do police cars.