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LightEndedTheNight t1_j6j10zn wrote

What’s the official policy and/or legality of police parking illegally to stop and get food? Are they allowed to do this? Are they violating any laws/policies/procedures or are they just simply allowed to park their vehicles wherever they want, whenever they want?

I know they do this all the time, but I’ve always wondered if they are actually violating any codes by doing so.

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HElGHTS t1_j6krymq wrote

The short answer is that it's inconsequential either way. The long answer is that the traffic code actually does carve out a decent number of exemptions, and parking anywhere is probably one of them although it's been a while since I skimmed through -- but they're always with a caveat that it's for reasons related to actual work, so personal errands don't count. Food would be a gray area because it's a necessity more than a luxury in some sense, and theoretically time spent on legal parking would be time that could be spent on actual duties.

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