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Ok-Difference-8696 OP t1_iwzlozk wrote

Reply to comment by AlreadyShrugging in where does all the money from parking tickets go? by Ok-Difference-8696

Haha, no, I went there for a potluck to clarify that, but yeah, I did consider coming back to move it down but my partner has parked in city lots in downtown for DAYS without paying or getting a ticket, so I thought I could slide past undetected, as he did, if I didn’t stay overnight. Apparently that was super dumb.

Unless the officers make a lot of money, I can’t imagine that it costs that much just to run the system.

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Chickenmoons t1_iwzo304 wrote

It’s a contracted service. Police don’t usually give tickets unless someone calls them about a car blocking a loading zone or handicap ramp. Tickets from police look very different from tickets you get from parking enforcement. I’d be surprised if the city makes much money at all annually from parking tickets. Whatever money they do make likely just goes into the general revenue fund and is used for basic city expenses.

That said if a sign says 1 hour parking and your boyfriend says it’s fine to park longer I guess you learned a lesson about who to listen to.

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Ok-Difference-8696 OP t1_iwzpo91 wrote

If he'd been there he probably would've told me to move, but it definitely taught me that he's generally a luckier person than I am when it comes to not getting caught.

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AlreadyShrugging t1_ix00a2d wrote

It’s expensive to employ people and have them rove around the city. It goes far beyond wages. I’d be surprised if there’s much parking ticket revenue left to pad anyone’s pockets.

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Ok-Difference-8696 OP t1_ix016sw wrote

So I guess it just goes into making it more of a self-sufficient system then, and whatever's left as far as cost just gets supplemented with taxes?

I didn't know how many officers they have so I was just waaaay off base about the cost. My bad. 😭

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