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Media (Ch 5) is it again- Bashing on Police
Posted by I Hate The Press on 7/1/2009, 8:47 pm

Got some information I thought would be useful to all around H.Q. about the newest news story from our friends at Ch 5 (Lisa Zigmann).

The next big hard hitting story to come out of the Ch 5 is going to be a story on police parking at H.Q. or should I say illegal parking...I guess they have nothing better to do with their time.

I watched Lisa interview Erica Van Ross today out in front of H.Q. Here is the few things that I could overhear....

*When questioned about why the police, who are empowered to enforce parking violations are parking illegally, Ms. Van Ross advised that the job of a PO is more important than a parking space and that often they are dropping off important evidence or bringing suspects in to be interviewed and that they should not have to be worried about driving around for an hour looking for a parking space when they have a suspect that may be willing to talk in the back seat.

*Lisa also asked about parking at City hall provided on their lot. Ms. Van Ross quickly responded by telling her that the PD pays for the parking in the city hall lot and noted that it comes out of a budget that has already been cut by over 20 million dollars.

*Ms. Van Ross reminded her that parking in the area is a challenge and as proof she offered up the fact that the media often parks illegally in front of H.Q.

*Please be careful because while I wasn't all that close I saw them shooting video of personal cars parked and I wouldn't put it past them to try to find out who owned the cars.

I don't understand why KSDK/NBC5 is concerned with where STLCity cops park their cruisers. May I humbly suggest that KSDK/5 just toss off this investigation?

Since when did a news gathering organization expect to gain anything by emnifying a police agency?

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