NYPD Agent Accused of Flashing Lights To Get Coffee; People Shockingly Pissed

It’s hard to miss the “CPR” acronym that adorns NYPD cars as they fly around town.

CPR is taken to a whole new level with NYPD blue.

Not only do New York’s finest protect and serve, they do it with courtesy, professionalism and respect. Well, it seems not ALL of them do:

…Agent Daniel Chu, who was ordered to undergo sensitivity training for badgering drivers. Now, there’s a new complaint that has some calling for his job.

"I didn't realize the CPR was more than a life-saving technique!" (CBS photo)

It should be noted that Agent Chu is not his FBI title. He’s a traffic agent, according to WCBS. He is the kind of agent we all fear — the kind who targets us, the softest kind of criminal out there, the illegal parker.

He drives one of those dreaded black NYPD cars. When you see it rolling up, you know someone’s day is about to get ruined by a $100-something ticket because they had to double park to get some toilet paper.

A parking agent has to be one of the worst gigs out there. Never will you meet a person who is OK with getting a astronomically expensive parking ticket in Manhattan. It’s probably always the complete opposite. I can’t imagine Agent Chu receives a lot of CPR from his marks.

But why call for his job? There has to be hundreds of parking agents out there…

Tammy Fox is Agent Chu’s latest victim. She was in the dirt near Elmhurst Hospital, trying to fix her flat tire, when Agent Chu sauntered up. Instead of offering help, like most New Yorkers would, he slapped her with a ticket.

Ouch. Even if he showed a lot of “P” and “R” during the stop, there probably wasn’t a lot of “C” involved. That can’t please the brass. According to the story, Chu has also been spotted using his emergency lights to race for a cup of coffee (sounds a little cliche…) and talking on his cell while driving. And he allegedly issued tickets to a funeral procession.

All of these accusations has one of the local councilmen chapped, and doing that is a definite occupational hazard. Assuming any/all of the accusations are true about Chu, it would be a little sweet justice to see some action.

Now that I’ve said that, I better go see if my car is not parked in front of a fire hydrant…

[Source: WCBS New York]

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Posted by Von Kaiser on Thursday, July 29, 2010 at 7:48 am
Filed under Articles - Humor, Occupational Hazards · Tagged with coffee, occupational hazard, Police Officer