Wow...just wow. Protect and serve for sure. Obstructing both the fire hydrant and crosswalk. I'm pretty sure MPD doesn't request backup from Robbinsdale downtown, so obviously not an emergency.

It would be nice to see something from the city regarding this matter beyond 'acknowledged'... I will wait and see, but I do not have high hopes.

Emergency vehicles are generally exempt from parking and traffic ordinance. The fire hydrant is of less a consequence than blocking an ADA ramp near a public building, but as this is probably a temporary parking, it probably won't result in any action.

It is most likely Robbinsdale PD performing inmate transport. Most burbs do not have their own jails or cannot afford a jailer, so they transport inmates to HennCo.

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Closed date : 2017-10-16 11:29:13.0
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We do not tag squad cars.

Of course it won't result in any action. Parking enforcement doesn't ever do anything.

And yes, probably inmate-related, but I doubt he dropped an inmate on the corner.

This is an officer who thinks the law doesn't apply to him. 311 agrees.

FTFY: This is an officer who knows the law doesn't apply to him.

No, he would escort the inmate to booking and processing. Parking and Traffic code does not apply to emergency vehicles (police, fire, medical, etc.) while they are in the course of official business. That's the law.

I don't think they typically take inmate in through the front door (there are indoor/underground entrances for that).

This is egregious officer behavior - it endangers the life of, among others, the guy on the mobility scooter who is barely in the picture on the left - regardless of whether we enforce parking rules against against cops.

This officer didn't do this out of necessity. That would be one thing. He did it for his own convenience.