UPS Driver Confronted by San Francisco Police for Double-Parking
- 2 years ago
Occurred on December 7, 2021 / San Francisco, California, USA
Info from Licensor: "On December 7, 2021, at 11:27 a.m. I was double-parked on Haight and Masonic with my engine off, collecting six packages to deliver to the mail depot at 1388 Haight Street. I was in the back of my truck looking for the last package to deliver when I was approached on the driver-side door of my truck. All I saw was this person's head. He didn't identify himself as a police officer or anything. All he said was you're impeding traffic, give me your license. I usually get approached by regular civilians telling me to move as well, so I brushed it off as an entitled civilian trying to tell me how to do my job again. I proceeded to exit my vehicle/work truck when I then realized that he was a police officer. After dropping the packages at 1388 Haight Street I enter my truck to retrieve my wallet and give the officer my DL. He then walked to his car never giving me a warning to move or even telling me he was giving me a ticket, I assumed he was just going to run my name to make sure my license was clear and give me a warning. That's why in the video I stated that I thought he was joking, but he wasn't. A Good Samaritan that was at the bus stop questioned the reasoning for the ticket as you can hear in the video as well and was upset behind the stop. A crowd ensued and two more officers were called. I refused to sign the citation because I was taught by my employer to double-park."
Info from Licensor: "On December 7, 2021, at 11:27 a.m. I was double-parked on Haight and Masonic with my engine off, collecting six packages to deliver to the mail depot at 1388 Haight Street. I was in the back of my truck looking for the last package to deliver when I was approached on the driver-side door of my truck. All I saw was this person's head. He didn't identify himself as a police officer or anything. All he said was you're impeding traffic, give me your license. I usually get approached by regular civilians telling me to move as well, so I brushed it off as an entitled civilian trying to tell me how to do my job again. I proceeded to exit my vehicle/work truck when I then realized that he was a police officer. After dropping the packages at 1388 Haight Street I enter my truck to retrieve my wallet and give the officer my DL. He then walked to his car never giving me a warning to move or even telling me he was giving me a ticket, I assumed he was just going to run my name to make sure my license was clear and give me a warning. That's why in the video I stated that I thought he was joking, but he wasn't. A Good Samaritan that was at the bus stop questioned the reasoning for the ticket as you can hear in the video as well and was upset behind the stop. A crowd ensued and two more officers were called. I refused to sign the citation because I was taught by my employer to double-park."