Sheriff organizes posse to pursue parking scofflaws
April 2nd, 2008Volunteers will ticket cars illegally parked in wheelchair accessible spots
From the Oakland [Michigan] Press:
Macomb County Sheriff Mark Hackel has signed up 14 volunteers for his “Accessibility Compliance Enforcement” team. They will each be provided with a poice radio, ticket book and yellow vest with the word “sheriff” on it.
He says he is “looking for blatant violators of the handicap law.”
The vigilantes — oops, volunteers — will be instructed to back off if a vehicle owner becomes combative. And how will they figure out whether or not a vehicle owner has a disability? That’s anybody’s guess.


