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I reported this issue many times before but since the worthless city government continues ignoring it and doing nothing about while SCF continue to progressively destroy this website with their unwanted and awful changes, I am having to re-submit this issue once again.
Every single day multiple entitled jerks who think they're above the law park in the red zone at this location. They will break every traffic law you've ever heard of. They'll run the stop sign leading into the parking lot endangering pedestrians, they'll park in the red zone and block traffic as well as emergency vehicles (it is a fire lane), cut pedestrians off while they're trying to cross the street.
This time I caught some black dude parking what looks like either a freshly purchased or stolen Volkskwagen. The vehicle had no front plates and only temporary plates in the back. He parked in this red zone for about half an hour while he sat inside the burrito shop ordering food. All this while there was a parking space literally 5 feet away from his vehicle that he could have parked in.
This self-entitled, rude and dangerous behavior is fueled by our corrupt city government and our worthless police department who have for the past several years now consistently refused to do their jobs and enforce the law, leading to a massive spike in crime all across the island as criminals grow ever more brazen and ever more bold in the face of growing lack of enforcement from APD/the city government.
The lack of law enforcement in Alameda is rapidly transforming this once peaceful and serene suburban community into a second Oakland.
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City of Alameda (Verified Official)
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Sergeant Brian Foster (Verified Official)
Closed Sergeant Brian Foster (Verified Official)
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Woman who cut me off and blocked the crosswalk at Marina Village Pkwy as a bonus to the above thanks to APD's consistent total refusal to enforce any laws in this area.
Thanks for enforcing the law here APD! Just kidding, you don't do that!
TheyreCensoringOurCommentsOnThisSite (Registered User)
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TheyreCensoringOurCommentsOnThisSite (Registered User)
Thursday, August 1st 2019. I caught several more vehicles parking in the red zone today at the shopping center. Within 5 minutes of me being there I spotted probably around a dozen of them doing this. I got photos of several of them. Here are some of the photos I snapped of violators today.
Jeep parked in red zone - front view: https://i.imgur.com/yRPlryE.jpg
Jeep parked in red zone - rear view: https://i.imgur.com/dVNDw4z.jpg
Chevy parked in red zone: https://i.imgur.com/WJH5jhu.jpg
Right after I took the pic of that last car another car showed up, a Volkswagen, and parked in the red zone as well. It's literally all day every day out here. Every 5 minutes a new vehicle shows up to break the law and park in the red zone.
Again what is the point of even having a red curb here if you just let people park anywhere they want? Whats the point of even having laws if you just let people make up their own laws?
TheyreCensoringOurCommentsOnThisSite (Registered User)
Thursday, August 1st 2019. I caught several more vehicles parking in the red zone today at the shopping center. Within 5 minutes of me being there I spotted probably around a dozen of them doing this. I got photos of several of them. Here are some of the photos I snapped of violators today.
Jeep parked in red zone - front view: https://i.imgur.com/yRPlryE.jpg
Jeep parked in red zone - rear view: https://i.imgur.com/dVNDw4z.jpg
Chevy parked in red zone: https://i.imgur.com/WJH5jhu.jpg
Right after I took the pic of that last car another car showed up, a Volkswagen, and parked in the red zone as well. It's literally all day every day out here. Every 5 minutes a new vehicle shows up to break the law and park in the red zone.
Again what is the point of even having a red curb here if you just let people park anywhere they want? Whats the point of even having laws if you just let people make up their own laws?
TheyreCensoringOurCommentsOnThisSite (Registered User)
Thursday, August 1st 2019. I caught several more vehicles parking in the red zone today at the shopping center. Within 5 minutes of me being there I spotted probably around a dozen of them doing this. I got photos of several of them. Here are some of the photos I snapped of violators today.
Jeep parked in red zone - front view: https://i.imgur.com/yRPlryE.jpg
Jeep parked in red zone - rear view: https://i.imgur.com/dVNDw4z.jpg
Chevy parked in red zone: https://i.imgur.com/WJH5jhu.jpg
Right after I took the pic of that last car another car showed up, a Volkswagen, and parked in the red zone as well. It's literally all day every day out here. Every 5 minutes a new vehicle shows up to break the law and park in the red zone.
Again what is the point of even having a red curb here if you just let people park anywhere they want? Whats the point of even having laws if you just let people make up their own laws?
Closed Sergeant Brian Foster (Verified Official)
Reopened TheyreCensoringOurCommentsOnThisSite (Registered User)
TheyreCensoringOurCommentsOnThisSite (Registered User)
TheyreCensoringOurCommentsOnThisSite (Registered User)
Hey Sergeant Brian Foster, I just passed through the area today. I was there for only maybe 10-15 minutes. Guess what I saw in that extremely short window of time that I was there? want to take a guess?
That's right! Even MORE offenders parking in the red zone.
I also noticed an interesting recurring trend, 9 out of 10 times the offending vehicle is some kind of japanese or european luxury car like a lexus, mercedes, or audi, and 9 out of 10 times the offending driver is black. I wonder if it's some kind of cultural thing, where if you have dark skin and drive a leased luxury car you'd never afford in a thousand years you have the right to park in red zones whenever you feel like it? Maybe our progressive city government and police chief knows more about this fascinating cultural trend.
TheyreCensoringOurCommentsOnThisSite (Registered User)
That's not including all the piles of rotting garbage, homeless encampments, randomly discarded d.r.u.g paraphernalia and other assorted biohazards, stolen property like bicycles and shopping carts from other stores that aren't even in the same shopping center like the target, etc.
but i guess apd doesn't care about any of that stuff either right
Closed Sergeant Brian Foster (Verified Official)
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Thursday, August 15th 2019. I just stopped by the area this afternoon. Immediately as soon as I approached the complex, the first thing I saw was this row of vehicles i.l.l.e.g.a.l.l.y. parked in the red zone, a clearly marked fire lane that is painted bright red, with big bold white letters that say "fire lane"
As usual, the drivers of both vehicles were black, although oddly enough, they were not luxury cars this time.
Closed Sergeant Brian Foster (Verified Official)
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