4/21/10 TO SUPERVISOR: RE PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS "LYING IN WAIT" like STALKERS :
I will begin with YOU, the L.A. Dept. of Transportation in regard to a parking citation issued this morning at 8:09 a.m. at 645 Kingsley Dr.(s) by Officer Mendoza (serial #2381, beat 461,agency 54) for a violation of MC 80.69BS (I like that BS on the end, because that's what this parking citation amounts to) right next to St. Basil Church on Wilshire.
I am not contesting a violation, I am contesting a "lying in wait" m.o. (modus operandi) by the parking citation officer a.e.b. (as evidenced by) the fact that the citation was issued at 8:09 am, almost immediately the moment the enforceable time begins (i.e. 8 am).
And given the church has a daily mass worship service at 8 a.m., undoubtedly the parking officer is WELL AWARE that a person or persons not completely aware of the street cleaning on Wednesday will park next to the church at exactly 8 a.m. & she "lies in wait" for them (us, me) to do so as an "easy target" inside the church worshiping Jesus.
It is unconscionable for a parking officer to "lie in wait" to issue a $60 violation, knowing the mass time, & knowing the Wednesday street cleaning. Sure, I should have noticed the small sign, but also they should be driving around, in general, doing their job, not "lying in wait" like a stalker (at a church of all places) knowing there's an 8 a.m. daily service.
John P. Vander Kok
