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       #Post#: 78316--------------------------------------------------
       Civil Enforcement Officer Conduct
   DIR By: beedmo
       Date: June 26, 2025, 10:21 am
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       Hello people,
       I recently got a PCN from my local council while parked outside
       my house - Usually I'm at work at the times of enforcement and
       when I'm not, my partner will put a vistor permit. On the
       occasion, my partner and I were in A&E for a migraine that had
       lasted 7 days at that point and we were there overnight, leading
       me to forget to put the permit on having gone to bed about an
       hour before the times of enforcemnt started. I explained all
       this to the council and they outright rejeceted the appeal - not
       even a we understand your cirmcumstances and are sorry that
       you've been through this. A very shitty worded you've broke the
       rules, pay up.
       This lead me to pay particular attention to the conduct of the
       councils CEOs over the past few months. Recently, I have seen an
       ANPR enabled car with an extened camera parked in a loading bay
       on many occasion, which as a delivery driver, is a pistake.  I
       assume it is to catch people in a the yellow box ahead of the
       loading bay.
       I'm not quite sure how can they justify issuing fines while
       themself being in contravention. I have made a FOI to the
       council asking if they allow this sort of behaviour and I'm
       hoping that they do not. My next course of action would be to
       take photographs of the loading bay signage, the car parked in
       contravention and the CEO's identifying number and complain to
       the company and my local MP.
       Does anyone have any further ideas of how to escalate this or
       any knowlegde of if CEO's are allowed to behave in such a way?
       #Post#: 78321--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Civil Enforcement Officer Conduct
   DIR By: Southpaw82
       Date: June 26, 2025, 10:36 am
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       I would not be surprised if they were exempted from the relevant
       traffic order.
       #Post#: 78334--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Civil Enforcement Officer Conduct
   DIR By: beedmo
       Date: June 26, 2025, 11:28 am
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       --- Quote from: Southpaw82 link ---
       >
       > I would not be surprised if they were exempted from the
       relevant traffic order.
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       Honestly, me either. I have asked specifically if there is such
       a thing in place. If so, I will be bringing it up with my local
       MP.
       #Post#: 78343--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Civil Enforcement Officer Conduct
   DIR By: Southpaw82
       Date: June 26, 2025, 12:19 pm
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       --- Quote from: beedmo link ---
       >
       > [quote author=Southpaw82 link=topic=7003.msg78321#msg78321
       date=1750952190]
       > I would not be surprised if they were exempted from the
       relevant traffic order.
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       Honestly, me either. I have asked specifically if there is such
       a thing in place. If so, I will be bringing it up with my local
       MP.
       [/quote]
       Fine, but (a) that’s pretty standard practice IIRC, and (b) your
       MP isn’t involved in local traffic orders.
       #Post#: 78751--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Civil Enforcement Officer Conduct
   DIR By: Korting
       Date: June 29, 2025, 4:17 am
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       --- Quote from: Southpaw82 link ---
       >
       > I would not be surprised if they were exempted from the
       relevant traffic order.
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       They are exempt, but that doesn’t mean they can park in a
       dangerous position.
       #Post#: 78753--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Civil Enforcement Officer Conduct
   DIR By: 666
       Date: June 29, 2025, 4:29 am
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       --- Quote from: Korting link ---
       >
       > [quote author=Southpaw82 link=topic=7003.msg78321#msg78321
       date=1750952190]
       > I would not be surprised if they were exempted from the
       relevant traffic order.
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       They are exempt, but that doesn’t mean they can park in a
       dangerous position.
       [/quote]
       The OP asked about parking in a loading bay. It's hard to see
       how that would be dangerous.
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