Contact: Office of Public Affairs
2415 First Avenue
Sacramento, CA 95818
(916) 657–6437 | dmvpublicaffairs@dmv.ca.gov
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 7, 2019
Sacramento – Investigators with the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) caught 109 people misusing disabled person parking placards during 16 enforcement operations in October 2019. Offenders had their placard confiscated and face fines that range from $250 to $1,000.
Since July 1, 2019, DMV investigators have issued 707 citations while verifying 9,045 disabled person parking placards were legally being used by the person to whom they were assigned.
The DMV holds as many as 24 enforcement operations each month throughout the state targeted at curbing disabled person parking placard abuse.
The following results are from enforcement operations held in October 2019:
| Date | City | Citations Issued | Drivers Contacted* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Date10/1 | CityNorthridge | Citations Issued30 | Drivers Contacted*107 |
| Date10/2 | CityFresno | Citations Issued10 | Drivers Contacted*167 |
| Date10/7 | CityFresno | Citations Issued1 | Drivers Contacted*177 |
| Date | CityLos Angeles | Citations Issued7 | Drivers Contacted*42 |
| Date10/8 | CitySan Jose | Citations Issued12 | Drivers Contacted*107 |
| Date10/10 | CityStockton | Citations Issued4 | Drivers Contacted*25 |
| Date10/16 | CityChula Vista | Citations Issued5 | Drivers Contacted*81 |
| Date | CityEl Centro | Citations Issued8 | Drivers Contacted*150 |
| Date | CityPoway | Citations Issued3 | Drivers Contacted*72 |
| Date | CityWillows | Citations Issued1 | Drivers Contacted*40 |
| Date10/17 | CityOrange | Citations Issued7 | Drivers Contacted*58 |
| Date | CityOxnard | Citations Issued4 | Drivers Contacted*25 |
| Date10/22 | CityPomona | Citations Issued4 | Drivers Contacted*55 |
| Date | CityRedwood City | Citations Issued1 | Drivers Contacted*68 |
| Date10/23 | CityNorwalk | Citations Issued10 | Drivers Contacted*176 |
| Date10/24 | CityAlhambra/Monterrey Park | Citations Issued2 | Drivers Contacted*66 |
| DateTotal: | City16 operations | Citations Issued109 | Drivers Contacted*1,419 |
*Drivers Contacted is the number of people DMV investigators contacted in order to verify their disabled person parking placard.
Anyone who suspects a person might be misusing a disabled person placard is urged to report it using an online complaint form or by contacting a local DMV Investigations office. Submissions are confidential. It is important to note that some qualifying disabilities are not visually apparent and allegations of misuse might be unfounded.
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