CBS 2 Rides Along With City Sticker Enforcement Crew
CBS 2′s Jim Williams rides along with Chicago City Clerk enforcement crew looking for city sticker scofflaws.
It’s no surprise they write a lot of tickets on Monday.
Here’s CBS 2′s full story, “Crackdown Begins For Chicago Motorists Without City Stickers.”
While I was out walking yesterday, I was looking to see how many cars didn’t have city stickers just out of curiosity. Most cars had the new one, but I saw many many cars with no stickers at all. I’m guessing the absence of last year’s sticker mean those cars are just registered elsewhere. It’s very annoying that so many people are dodging the tax by lying about where they really live.
I only saw a couple of cars displaying last year’s sticker but not this year’s sticker — and no tickets on them yet, but it’s a big city.
Kelly….vehicles without a Chicago City sticker will primarily fall within 2 categories..
1. Suburban Visitors/Work Commuters that park where ever they can find Free Parking.
2. Chicago resident vehicles owned by scofflaws that feel they are exempt from buying a Chicago Vehicle Wheel Tax Sticker.
We actively hunt down the Scofflaw and ticket the snot out of them to teach a lesson.
Now…the City Clerk doesn’t need to use SerCo IMO. Their investigators should be out running plates and checking for the proper vehicle sticker in Parking Lots and Publicly accessible garages and shopping center parking lots on a daily basis. For that matter we don’t need Ser Co when you have a Department of Finance Street Ops Division that would happily work overtime and weekends to earn vacation days or OT. The Only thing Ser Co should be doing is looking at meters from 7pm to 9pm weekdays and 8am to 9pm Saturdays and Sundays.
When you consider the vast number of City Agencies that are authorized to write Parking and Compliance Tickets….Ser Co is like a Television Set on your Honeymoon………
Unnecessary.
hey geek….you want to know this one…
I heard from Mgnmt….Capt M did about 400 tickets in 3 days for City sticker enforcement by himself.
GEEZ if only the city used that many investigators on the gang
murder problem, but then there’s no cash in capital crime solving.
Question: I already had brought a new city sticker from early June and place it on. Unfortunately by father passed away in the mean while, and since the car was in his name, I to transfer title/registration to me and they gave me new plates at the DMV. Does this mean I have to buy new city sticker again, since the stickers have the plate # on them? Seems a little unfair to double pay for the same car, even if ownership changes. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. thxs
Jose,
400? Is that it? A mere 400?
Next time you see Capt. M-Plate, tell him to quit slacking off and start writing some tickets!
In all seriousness, I wonder how M-Plate’s 400 compares to what the City Clerk’s enforcement crew did in that same time period? Just wondering.
Dennis,
First, I’m very sorry for the loss of your father. Losing a parent is very stressful, deeply saddening and from personal experience, one never really ever stops grieving.
But to your question, there are two answers.
I’m sure the City Clerk’s office would say you need to purchase a new city sticker. I’m sure legally, that’s what drivers are required to do.
However, despite the fact that most city stickers print the license plate number of the vehicle on the front of the sticker for security purposes, I’m reasonably confident if you have a city sticker on your windshield, very few if any enforcement people will actually cross check that info on the city sticker against the plate.
I believe most of them are looking for cars without ANY 2012-2013 city sticker.
Personally, I’m not sure if I would buy a new one. I think the chances are low anyone will make the connection. And from my understanding, it’s not clear if someone could be ticketed if the plate info on the city sticker didn’t match the actual plate. I mean, what if your plate was stolen and you had to get a new one? Would you be required to purchase a new city sticker too? I don’t think so.
I do reserve the right to be corrected by anyone from the City Clerk’s office or a PEA who wishes to disabuse me of my opinion here.
@jose there is no purpose for posting numbers from individuals on here. If the PTG wanted numbers, he can go through the FOIA with the city. Quit b.sing your sources.
Suppose a Chicago resident drives a car with out of state plates that is registered to a person of that other state. How likely is that car to get a ticket if it is regularly parked in a Chicago parking garage?
I would say chances are low Pete.
An enforcement officer would have to see this vehicle on a regular basis to come to the realization that the person actually resides in Chicago.