A single unmarked car an NYPD unit linked to the agency’s history of aggressive police chases has been nabbed by city speeding cameras hundreds of times over the past three years — but the reckless driving done by cops in that vehicle was not claimed to be part of any police “emergency.”
The unmarked grey Subaru belonging to the department’s controversial Community Response Team has almost $38,000 in unpaid speed and red-light camera tickets — and the NYPD never got those tickets dismissed under rules that allow for police vehicles to be driven recklessly if there is “necessary” police action.
Typically, the NYPD files paperwork with the Department of Finance to avoid such sizable tabs on unmarked cars. They can get tickets dismissed if a commanding officer can prove that the lawlessness was justified by “urgent” or even “necessary” police action…