A determined driver who unsuccessfully attempted to stop his car from being towed when it was already hooked up to a tow truck ended up being arrested on vandalism charges.
A Department of Parking and Traffic employee was called to Natick Street, a narrow street just north of the Glen Park BART station, around 9 p.m. Nov. 18 on a report that the Audi was blocking traffic. The employee cited the vehicle and summoned a tow truck. Read More
Police are looking for a man suspected of a road rage shooting that injured a San Francisco city employee working this morning in the Bayview district.An employee with The City’s Department of Parking and Traffic was shot in the shoulder at about 8:35 a.m. near the intersection of Palou Avenue and Quint Street. Read More
A San Francisco parking and traffic employee was shot in the shoulder blade while working in a city vehicle in the Bayview district this morning, police and fire officials said.The San Francisco Department of Parking and Traffic employee, who was driving a painting truck, was in the truck with another DPT employee near Palou Avenue and Quint Street, police spokesman Officer Albie Esparza said. Read More
A man unhappy with his parking ticket was arrested Tuesday for allegedly puncturing the tire of a parking officer’s three-wheeler in Mission Terrace.The Department of Parking and Traffic officer told cops she had ticketed the suspect in the 4600 block of Mission Street. While she was citing another car around 12:30 p.m., the man allegedly stuck a knife in the rear tire of her Cushman, police said. Read More
A 27-year-old woman is in trouble for allegedly turning her car on a parking control officer who had just given her a ticket.The District Attorney’s Office said Amanda Rojas was arrested last Wednesday in the Mission district after she allegedly struck the female officer, who was parked in her Department of Parking and Traffic vehicle in the bike lane in the 3600 block of 17th Street, from behind at about 30 miles per hour. Read More
