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Did NYPD refund fines from erroneously paid citations?
by jasonjei 10y ago
Did NYPD refund fines from erroneously paid citations?
- darpa_escapee 10y agoNo, that would mean admitting wrongdoing by their officers and that will never happen. It's also a nice revenue stream and would expose the internal pressures to raise money through ticketing by management and administrators.
- iquantny 10y agoThey admit wrongdoing in the quote.
- DiabloD3 10y agoBut there is nothing in the story stating NYC is returning the effectively stolen, as per their admission to wrongdoing, money.
- morganvachon 10y agoIt's not stolen, that implies an intent to do wrong. Per the NYPD's response (and given their candor, I find no reason to believe otherwise) it's clear this was a training issue and the officers writing the tickets were doing their duty to the best of their knowledge at the time. And having said that, yes I believe the money should be returned, and probably will.
- darpa_escapee 10y agoThey sent an email saying they made a mistake to a blogger.
- jessriedel 10y agoNot by the officers.
- esbranson 10y agoAre you asking if the NYPD issued warrants (wrote checks) against the city treasury to people who were either implicitly or explicitly found guilty? Or do you not realize that if someone doesn't contest a ticket, they are implicitly acknowledging their guilt? Or do you think the NYPD can just start giving out city money as they see fit? Note: guilt is decided by the NYC Parking Violations Bureau, within the NYC Finance Department, not by the NYC Police Department.