Police given parking ticket during 999 call

Redacted version of the notice to keeper sent to Devon and Cornwall Police

Redacted version of the notice to keeper sent to Devon and Cornwall Police

Police officers were issued with a parking ticket for a marked car while attending an emergency callout.

The parking charge notice, addressed to Devon and Cornwall Police, requires the force to pay £85 within 28 days. It refers to a car parked in a Plymouth car park at midnight on 2 November.

Police vehicles are exempt from penalties when performing operational duties, but officers in Plymouth were told by the unnamed parking firm they had to follow its “appeal process” to...

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