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NYPD explains criteria for towing versus issuing summons
1:37:22
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20 sec
Council Member Salaam inquires about how the NYPD determines whether to tow a vehicle, issue a summons, or immobilize it. Chief Obe provides a brief response.
- Chief Obe explains that vehicles clearly violating parking regulations are considered for towing.
- She mentions specific examples such as vehicles parked in bus stops and double-parked vehicles as candidates for towing.
Yusef Salaam
1:37:22
How does the department determine when a vehicle should be towed versus given a summons or immobilized?
Olufunmilola "Lola" Obe
1:37:31
Well vehicles that are clearly in violation parking violations and bus bus stops, double parkers, that type of thing.
1:37:38
So when there's a parking violation that that those are the things that we consider.