| Show I I Over Five Dollar Dollar- Tickets Staff Members S 'S Seek Special S p C al Favors From Chief hief Of Police by Sue Piper Apparently some faculty and staff are asking for special from Chief of Campus Police Stan Hoffman Im fed up with all the requests I get from staff members asking me to take care of their parking tickets First of all that's a violation of state law to ask me to do it Secondly if I did do it which I wont won't I would be in violation myself Rita Rodi Dean of tile Uie Busi Business ness Division re received received received re- re a ticket for parking in a red zone on Feb 24 She wrote to Hoffman enclosed you will find a parking ticket which I re refuse refuse refuse re- re fuse to pay I have a job to todo todo todo do here and I expect to find parking in the ing lot when I arrive When I arrived this morning the faculty parking parking lot lot had not been ticketed it is now an hour later and your people are ticketing cars in the student parking lot I feel it itis itis itis is far more important that the faculty parking be checked for violations Peggy Hewlett Director of Financial Aid wrote after she received a ticket for parking il in a driveway on Jan 26 She said to Hoffman Hoffman Hoffman Hof Hof- it is imperative that directors with off-campus off assignments have parking available so they can keep their business commit commit- ments This is a problem that needs to be resolved I feel this ticket should be cancelled and some kind of provision made for forthe the ability ability ability abil abil- ity to meet assignments and commitments in a professional professional professional pro pro- way Curtis E. E Smout College Center wrote Hoffman Hoffman Hoffman Hof Hof- a former student of two years ago returned to campus to visit some of his of-his his former instructors on Wednesday Feb 24 He was surprised when he returned and found a ticket on his window He came to tome tome tome me today parking in and paying for a a metered space pace and asked what could be done I said I would explain the circumstances circumstances circumstances circum circum- stances to you to see if the ticket could be waived Any help would be ed Hoffman gave as another case in point a truck that was blocking both of the police parking stalls when he had returned from doing his rounds Hoffman said that he that the truck I had Utah Technical College College College Col Col- lege written on the side He said it had state I gO government plates ex I plates However he said saidI that he had to w write ite ticket a I Hoffman said later Jafer on Brent Goodfellow Administrative Administrative Administrative Adminis Adminis- I Assistant came into his office to see what could be done Apparently Brent I. I had asked an instructor from the downtown camj campus campus cam cam- j pus to drop off some lies The instructor Bob i of Neives was the driver the truck that had received the ticket According to Hoffman Goodfellow said that he would have a PR Public Relations problem if this instructor had to pay this ticket The next time he asks Neives to drop off something he would say no because the last time he got a ticket Goodfellow in an interview interview interview inter inter- view said I wouldn't ask Hoffman to fix a ticket I just went in there to see what the policy was I would rather pay the ticket myself so Neives will still deliver things for us Its It's not part of his instructors instructor's contract contract contract con con- tract to deliver but he has doing been it because hes he's out driving around alot anyway This reporter heard one 1 of the food service workers telling Hoffman if I 1 have to pay this ticket Ill I'll quit my job Judge Geraldine Chris Chris- Christensen Christensen the judge at at said that the correct legal legaJ procedure is to come see her and explain the cir cir- cir cir- She said she has been very lenient with most of the people that she has seen since she she's been on campus The judge pointed out that people are innocent until proven guilty She said that anyone who feels that he did not deserve a ticket has a right to a trial He would have to appear in court and it would be up to the county attorney to prosecute The police would have to prove pro e the person did violate a law The judge said Hoffman does not have the authority to dismiss tickets She confirmed confirmed confirmed con con- firmed what Hoffman had said that it is a violation of state law to a alc k a policeman policeman police police- man to do it and if he did it ithe ithe ithe he would be guilty himself There are two exceptions the judge explained One if the officer made a mistake in writing on the ticket for instance if he wrote down the wrong license plate number then he could void out ut the ticket right there on the spot Another example would be in case a meter was broken and he found out after the ticket was written written written writ writ- ten he could void that also If a person got a ticket on the broken m meter ter by mistake mistake mistake mis mis- take all he would have to cp coo cpis is bring it to the attention to to the judge and she would dismiss it She said she could impose the fine or or suspend it lower it or raise it it depending on the cir cir- The highest fine is The judge also said that it is up to the individual individual individual indi indi- vidual officer at the time he writes a ticket to void it if the person comes back to the car while hes he's writing it Some policemen are more lenient than others t t I. I I j 1 6 Most tickets at U. U TC are 55 5 There is a total of 1148 p parking g stalls on campus ampus The staff has stalls there are about 30 day daytime daytime daytime time staff total So the percentage per per- percentage of staff to students is 8 staff 90 students However the staff has 25 of all the parking stalls There are about daytime daytime daytime day day- time students they get about 67 of the stalls That leaves about 8 to meters handicapped and motorcycle parking We at Points West feel that Hoffman has got to be impartial between students and staff We feel that making making making mak mak- ing such big issues out of 5 is immature We think that any staff who have put pressure on Hoffman in the past should stop and realize realize realize real real- ize that they are asking the impossible All people are equal under the law so the proper procedures for handling ticket complaints should go through the honorable Judge Chris- Chris failure 11 10 H r i i er r w. w h j to pay tickets by the due dates results in a letter from the court The letter allows ten days to appear If you fail to appear at this time a summons will willbe willbe willbe be sent giving a date and time to appear in court If you fail to appear after that a warrant will be issued for your arrest After a warrant is out on you a policeman can handcuff and haul you off to jail People that would rather pa pay their tickets can do so soby soby by mail Only if the ticket is not past due Send the correct correct cor cor- amount to SL County Justice ustice Of The Peace Construction Trades Building Roon South Redwood Road Utah The judge commented on her time at she said as lias a rule woman are not nearly as polite as men I really dont don't understand this and it makes me feel bad We are suppose to be bethe bethe bethe the gentler sex |
