Northern Light
Superstar
First, my sympathy to those affected by ignorant enforcement.
Most of us have faced it over something, somewhere, sometime, about parking or other minor issues, or at least we know someone who has.
That said.
Might I suggest that a smile goes a long way to making a ticket go away.
Especially of the parking variety.
I know this for a fact.
I explained the situation in a case to staff at one of the offices ...(parking related)
After a polite chat....the ticket was voided (all legal); staff have discretion to do that. I just got a sweet smile.....and "don't do that again...."
Coming in guns blazing, so to speak, gets peoples backs up, and then they do have it in for you, even if they didn't before.
Just a passing observation.
Now if that solution doesn't work, you can formally contest a ticket.
If you do, by the way, it almost never goes to a hearing....if you don't want it too. Once you file your appeal, you get a court date and a number for the prosecutor handling your file.
You give them a friendly call, and if you have had no trouble w/the system in the past, chances are your ticket is gone, or at least reduced (maybe no demerits) that type of thing.
They would much rather plead you down in most cases, than have to face the trouble of getting officers in to court to testify......especially since if the officer no shows, you win free and clear.
For a $30 parking ticket, I don't see them even bothering. But I can't speak for them, not my department! Just my experience from folks I know.
Most of us have faced it over something, somewhere, sometime, about parking or other minor issues, or at least we know someone who has.
That said.
Might I suggest that a smile goes a long way to making a ticket go away.
Especially of the parking variety.
I know this for a fact.
I explained the situation in a case to staff at one of the offices ...(parking related)
After a polite chat....the ticket was voided (all legal); staff have discretion to do that. I just got a sweet smile.....and "don't do that again...."
Coming in guns blazing, so to speak, gets peoples backs up, and then they do have it in for you, even if they didn't before.
Just a passing observation.
Now if that solution doesn't work, you can formally contest a ticket.
If you do, by the way, it almost never goes to a hearing....if you don't want it too. Once you file your appeal, you get a court date and a number for the prosecutor handling your file.
You give them a friendly call, and if you have had no trouble w/the system in the past, chances are your ticket is gone, or at least reduced (maybe no demerits) that type of thing.
They would much rather plead you down in most cases, than have to face the trouble of getting officers in to court to testify......especially since if the officer no shows, you win free and clear.
For a $30 parking ticket, I don't see them even bothering. But I can't speak for them, not my department! Just my experience from folks I know.