Are you tired of trying to see around those vehicles parked so that your view of traffic traveling Nebraska and Florida Avenues?
If so, you will be happy to hear that the police department has agreed to help put that practice to an end. When you see a vehicle parked so that your view of traffic is blocked, call the Police Non-Emergency Number at 231-6130 and inform the person answering that call that a vehicle is parked such that the view of traffic is blocked. They will need the location, (example: corner of Florida and Broad at the car repair place) and a description of the vehicle.
Remember to get an event number to ensure that the call is logged for an officer to see. It is very important to remember that this type of call will be treated as a low priority call, so don't expect to see a quick response.
For those of you interested, a neighborhood task team has formed to go after those business owners putting up chain link fences that are blocking your view of traffic as well. If you see any barbed-wire fences, please let us know, these fences are illegal in the city limits of Tampa.
On a related note, in my prior posting I complained about vehicles parking on sidewalks at businesses. The business in the photo in that posting no longer does so after I called TPD on them.
If you call TPD non-emergency for any kind of sighting, it is VERY important that you get an "event number". This is the number their database provides as a unique identifier when the operator finishes entering the call.
ReplyDeleteI have had my calls taken and never entered many times. However, if you get an event number it's pretty certain they actually entered your call into the database.
TPD publishes a weekly log of all calls entered into the database by zip code. You can check that list to see if your call was actually entered. If you think your call was taken but not entered and you'd like to complain, you'll need the operator number given to you at the start of the call. "Tampa Police Department non-emergency. Operator number ...." Complaints should be sent to Major Castor with operator number, date, time, and the nature of the call. She'll have it looked into.