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My neighbor who owns the apartment complex at 2614 Central Ave owns a number of trucks and SUVs, and most of them do not have a front license plate. I was advised by an APD officer that it is against the law to operate a vehicle in Alameda without a front license plate.
Right now my neighbor has his pickup truck parked blocking the driveway to his complex (which is also a separate legal issue, since he and his family regularly trespass onto our driveway to go around it, but this request is not concerning that). The truck's rear license plate number (there is no front plate) is:
57227J2
My neighbor drives these vehicles on public streets in Alameda daily without a front plate and has been doing so for many years with impunity because our local police force doesn't like enforcing laws. They like letting people like him get away with breaking all sorts of laws every day, like parking his truck in our driveway, for example, which is against the city's municipal code but for whatever reason is never enforced.
Can we get this guy cited for driving vehicles without front license plates around in Alameda? If APD could send out an officer to cite him as he drives out, it would be very easy and fast to accomplish this. I think he will probably be rolling out some time in the morning.
Sadly I think APD doesnt plan on enforcing any laws in Alameda any time soon, but I am submitting this in the hopes that maybe my neighbor can finally get cited for at least one of the several thousand laws that he and his relatives break at the expense of everyone else in Alameda every single day.
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Parrot Village Is a Dump (Registered User)
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Parrot Village Is a Dump (Registered User)
He's out driving it around again today. He has still not been cited for driving vehicles in Alameda with no front license plate.
It really begs the question, why does Alameda create so many laws that it doesn't enforce? What was the point of creating a law that prohibited driving vehicles without a front plate if you won't enforce it? Imagine if everyone in Alameda just stopped respecting traffic lights, would you actually cite them? What's the point of traffic lights if people can decide for themselves when they want to go? IF I decide to go on red, you won't ticket me. May as well get rid of traffic lights. If someone drives with no front plate, you won't ticket them. May as well get rid of the license plate law.
If someone runs stop signs and you wont cite them you may as well get rid of stop signs too. Why dont we just abolish all laws in Alameda if you guys dont want to enforce a single one of them? What purpose do they serve if APD won't enforce them? They're literally just meaningless text written on a piece of paper in a courthouse somewhere. THat is all they are effectively thanks to APD's total refusal to enforce them.
Parrot Village Is a Dump (Registered User)
The corrupt and worthless city government/police department has officially ignored this request for 4 consecutive days.
Meanwhile, the owner of 2614 Central Ave continues to drive vehicles with no front license plate daily in Alameda with impunity, because he is apparently above all laws.
Here is a photo of him blocking the driveway today. He rolled in about an hour ago. He was out driving around this truck all morning with no front plate all over Alameda, and the worthless police department never cited him. They never will, because again: he is above the law and all laws.
Parrot Village Is a Dump (Registered User)
I just watched the owner of 2614 Central Ave step into his vehicle, start it, and drive it out onto Central Avenue with no front license plate. I even recorded it on video.
Ironically enough, just as he was pulling out, an APD squad car drove casually past him without a care in the world. I tried to call APD to report the vehicle driving with no front plate, and the dispatcher, upon hearing and recognizing my voice, immediately asked me to hold.
Now instead of having the officer that just drove past him come back around and cite him, the dispatchers are intentionally making me wait to buy him time to get away. This is intentional, and APD's dispatch center are doing this with malicious intent.
They are not tied up with emergency calls right now and there are APD units casually driving around on regular patrol, not responding to any emergencies. Just more proof that the city is actively and knowingly aiding and abetting criminals.
Here is video footage of the owner of 2614 Central Ave getting into his pickup truck, which he blocks his driveway with and forces his tenants into our driveway without our permission to go around his truck, which also has no front license plate - which is likewise illegal in Alameda - and driving off onto a public Alameda street (Central Ave).
https://youtu.be/q1mTPWGSx2s
Ironically enough, you can even see at 9 seconds into the video an APD squad car drives casually past him without even trying to stop him.
Mind you - APD are already aware of him and I've been reporting him and his family for 2 years straight. Evidently they dont even care when they drive by and see him getting into this vehicle, which they were already notified by me 2 years ago does not have a front plate.
As always, we can always count on APD to ignore us and not to enforce the law.
To add insult to injury when I tried to call it in to their dispatch center, they put me on hold. By the time they finally took my call, he returned about 5 minutes later. I called them, they said they came out and didn't see anything.
Amazing, all of this happened within 5 minutes and somehow they still couldn't cite him? It's obvious they're intentionally letting him get away with it.
Parrot Village Is a Dump (Registered User)
About 5 minutes later, they returned to the complex. I got him on video rolling his truck back into the driveway and blocking it again.
Here is the video: https://youtu.be/KPcfIlbsKXs
After he parked the car he or his daughter started blipping the car horn repeatedly to harass me, because they saw me through my window blinds and therefore know I am home. They "punish" me for looking out my own bedroom window.
Unfortunately, my cell phone didn't capture this part as I turned the recorder off (but my security cam did, which I'll upload when I have a chance)
Parrot Village Is a Dump (Registered User)
Here is the security cam footage of the incident documented above. This footage includes the horn honking episode that followed after the owner of 2614 Central Ave finished parking his truck in the driveway again. Fast forward to 3:05 to hear him start honking his horn repeatedly to harass me as "punishment" for looking out my own bedroom window.
Here is the URL to the security cam video: https://drive.google.com/open?id=19F7PXjLA9-p0_pt2-LwMJrOTWfg4bvRW
IMPORTANT NOTE: Google butchers the audio in their previewer (same thing happens with youtube) so if you try to play the video in your web browser, the audio will be choppy and almost impossible to hear. To hear the audio in clean, normal quality, you have to download the video and open it in a media player software such as Windows Media Player or VLC.
Parrot Village Is a Dump (Registered User)
Parrot Village Is a Dump (Registered User)
Here's my security cam footage of the incident documented above, showing the DUI jeep driver rolling in intentionally blasting her music at almost midnight to harass us:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1aNFHJp2zyvAldaR5GNsu5vQH6F-JU5cT
And here is the video of her blipping her car horn and getting her dogs to start barking:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1c-098YBqX0Db8M43vI0oFVTvAp9qyNZW
IMPORTANT NOTE: Google butchers the audio in their previewer (same thing happens with youtube) so if you try to play the video in your web browser, the audio will be choppy and almost impossible to hear. To hear the audio in clean, normal quality, you have to download the video and open it in a media player software such as Windows Media Player or VLC.
Parrot Village Is a Dump (Registered User)
Parrot Village Is a Dump (Registered User)
Parrot Village Is a Dump (Registered User)
Parrot Village Is a Dump (Registered User)
Thursday, October 31st. 2019. The owner of 2614 Central Ave and his family continue operating motor vehicles without a front license plate, driving and parking them on public streets in Alameda with ZERO enforcement from APD.
The owner of 2614 Central just drove into his building's carport in his silver Dodge RAM pickup truck, which to this day still lacks a front license plate. He was operating the truck on public streets without a front license plate again today.
As he pulled in, so did his daughter driving her black Infiniti QX56, which likewise lacks a front license plate. Both her and her father were both operating motor vehicles on public Alameda streets today without a front license plate.
As usual, we can continue to count on APD to continue to refuse to enforce the law and never cite these people, despite the fact that what they are doing is in fact, against the law in Alameda.
Thanks for continuing to bleed our tax dollars dry to subsidize your six digit figure salaries, paying for fancy expensive homes in Danville while not giving a s--t about our community.
Parrot Village Is a Dump (Registered User)
Friday, November 1st, 2019. The owner of 2614 Central Ave and his family continue operating motor vehicles without a front license plate, driving and parking them on public streets in Alameda with ZERO enforcement from APD.
The owner of 2614 Central Ave is currently out driving around on public Alameda streets in his silver Dodge pickup truck with no front license plate
Parrot Village Is a Dump (Registered User)
Monday, November 4th, 2019. The owner of 2614 Central Ave and his family continue operating motor vehicles without a front license plate, driving and parking them on public streets in Alameda with ZERO enforcement from APD.
The owner of 2614 Central Ave and his daughter are currently both out driving around on public Alameda streets in their silver Dodge pickup truck and Infiniti QX56 SUV with no front license plates. I tried to report it to APD dispatch but the rude and incompetent dispatcher "Gonzalez" did nothing about it as usual and gave me attitude since she recognized me by my voice.
Parrot Village Is a Dump (Registered User)
Tuesday, November 5th, 2019.
Just watched my neighbor drive their Infiniti QX56 SUV, with no front license plate (rear license plate: 7CQL484) onto a public alameda street.
I tried to call APD and report it, but the dispatchers are playing their "is this an emergency or can you hold" game again to buy them time to get away with it. This is what im talking about
Its impossible to get these people cited, and corrupt APD dispatch is aiding and abetting them by refusing to take calls and severely delaying the time it takes to actually get an officer dispatched to cite them.
Parrot Village Is a Dump (Registered User)
Wednesday, November 6th, 2019.
They were driving the Infiniti SUV and dodge pickup truck with no front license plates all day today. The infiniti was parked on the street and several dozen APD officers drove right past it without ticketing it, as it sat on a public street with no front license plates.
Thanks APD
Parrot Village Is a Dump (Registered User)
Thursday, November 7th, 2019.
They're out driving the Infiniti SUV and silver Dodge pickup trucks with no front license plates on public alameda streets again today
thanks apd
Parrot Village Is a Dump (Registered User)
Saturday, November 9th, 2:59 PM.
I just saw the daughter of the owner of 2614 Central Ave get into her Infiniti QX56 SUV with no front license plate, begin blasting loud music and roll out onto Central Avenue, turning right heading eastbound towards Pearl street. As I saw them getting into the vehicle and getting ready to roll out, I followed Sgt. Foster's useless advice: I called APD non-emergency dispatch to try to report the vehicle driving without a plate. The dispatcher immediately cut me off halfway through my sentence and put me on hold. Then they took me off hold and I could hear them chatting with a fellow dispatcher, talking trash about me. They then connected me to city hall, and the hold music began playing.
I hung up and called back, a dispatcher took the call immediately and I told them what was happening. I told them the vehicle was driving out onto Central with no front license plate, and they straight up said they aren't going to do anything because the vehicle is already gone. Thanks for the worthless advice Sgt. Foster. Your department is a joke
Parrot Village Is a Dump (Registered User)
Parrot Village Is a Dump (Registered User)
Here is video footage showing the owner of 2614 Central Ave driving his pickup truck i.l.le.g.a.l.ly onto a public Alameda street again with no front license plate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r49t3gwec3g
Again: him and his family have been operating motor vehicles without front plates on public Alameda streets daily for years. Worthless APD refuse to cite them for it and continue giving them a free pass to break the law literally every single day for literally YEARS
Display Name Blocked (1791486) (Registered User)
Wednesday, November 13th, 2019
Absolutely NO Change whatsoever
The owner of 2614 Central Ave and his family continue operating motor vehicles daily on public Alameda streets with no front license plate and not a care in the world. For all intents and purposes, they are completely and utterly above all laws. They can break any laws they want. No consequences whatsoever.
They have been breaking dozens of laws daily since April of 2018. I report them to APD daily and they do nothing.
Closed Florence Lopez (Registered User)
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