Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Ketchum brings down the boot

First car immobilized for parking tickets

By JON DUVAL
Express Staff Writer

Express photo by Shea Andersen. With nine outstanding tickets, amounting to $315, this Buick was the inaugural recipient of the Ketchum Police Department’s new wheel clamp system.

Less than a week after purchasing two wheel clamps or boots, the Ketchum Police Department kicked off its new policy of immobilizing vehicles with three or more outstanding parking violations.

Ketchum Police Department spokesperson Kim Rogers said that on Monday morning a parking enforcement officer spotted a Buick registered to a Hailey resident with nine outstanding tickets.

The tickets, all issued between February and August of this year, totaled $315 owed to the city for parking infractions.

Within 30 minutes of immobilizing the car, the owner had the clamp removed by paying the tickets, plus an additional $50 boot removal fee and $25 in administrative costs.

The Police Department will immobilize vehicles with three or more outstanding tickets regardless of whether they are parked illegally at the time.



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