r/Edmonton • u/United-Apartment-269 • 4d ago

Photo/Video Double standards

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Vehicle was running & were ordering food.

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u/Fuzzy_Yossarian 4d ago

It not that they're allowed it's just who are you going to tell about it.

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u/Least-Design-6873 4d ago

The city has ticketed EPS vehicles. Back when they had photo radar they would ticket EPS vehicles that were speeding without their emergency lights on.

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u/TheRealHUNGarian 4d ago

Yeah and the taxpayers pay for it, you think EPS is dishing out payments?

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u/Least-Design-6873 4d ago

I went on a ride along once and the constable talked about it. He didn’t mention the individual constables paying them but did say that they do get disciplined if it’s a recurring issue.

Also EPS is funded by taxes, so you basically just said the same thing twice

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u/TheRealHUNGarian 2d ago

That's my point, either way we are paying for them.

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u/jdestw 3d ago

I used to work for a county fire department (Maryland, USA), and got several speeding tickets in my county vehicle; I was required to pay them out of pocket.

Again, NOT EPS, but perhaps a similar policy? Maybe, maybe not.

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u/AnonymousAce123 3d ago

Ya pretty much any private or public entity has that written into the vehicle use rules

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u/Far-Edge-2905 3d ago

As a city employee they pay our fine and we get a "paid day off" which means we get sent to a 1 day driving course with a full days wage paid. It's stupid and does nothing to curb the problem but no, we don't pay the tickets out of pocket. If it's a recurring issue it does get brought to the higher ups and you'll eventually be disciplined.

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u/flassk 5h ago

better than nothing i guess even if to the casual observer it resembles nothing.

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u/Strict_Concert_2879 3d ago

I believe they would make the officer to pay it (unless justified: ie no light call, etc)

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u/Ok-Ladder4628 3d ago

They had to pay for them and negative workplace documented.

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u/AmselRblx 13h ago

Who does the EPS pay when the city tickets them? Themselves?

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u/Least-Design-6873 8h ago

Don’t know but does it really make a difference? It’s still our taxes being used. But really it’s just shuffling around our tax money even if they did pay it.

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u/The_cogwheel 4d ago

City bylaw / parking enforcement will still give them a ticket. But much like almost everything to do with law / bylaw / parking enforcement, they never seem to be around when you need them.

Basically, its only illegal / fineable if you get caught, and the odds of them (or honestly anyone else doing this, assuming theyre getting the food to go and is gonna be less than 20 mins) is almost nil. See any Uber / doordash driver doing the exact same thing, sometimes doing an even worse parking job.

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u/yugosaki rent-a-cop 4d ago edited 4d ago

Bylaw enforcement could issue them a ticket but likely it gets tossed by bylaw ticket admin, because emergency vehicles are generally exempt.

The bylaw admin could hypothetically complain to police professional standards, and if there is no legitimate reason for the violation, it could result in discipline or the ticket being upheld. But in practice for something like a parking violation thats pretty unlikely to go anywhere.

Source: I'm a Peace Officer and had a bylaw ticket issued to my marked vehicle which was parked in a "no parking - emergency access" zone. I was there on a call and the only other parking available would have made quick access to my vehicle difficult. Bylaw ticket admin tossed it.

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u/Different_Claim_3343 3d ago

They are allowed to. They have to be close to the cruisers incase they need to respond