If the local Patrol person really paid attention to what vehicles are parked on the street abandoned versus what may be a kids’ car or an additional vehicle for the family or even a boat parked out front for a few days waiting for the weekend in order to use it, then the Patrol person would really know what vehicles are parked indefinitely and therefore an eyesore. Yes, if my vehicle had flat tires and weeds growing out of it I’d want it towed too!

I think our local Police Dept needs to spend their time on more serious problems!!

You do need to be careful with proactive policing of the problem. That can lead to things getting out of hand, at least temporarily.

After our then-new police chief announced a big effort to clear our streets of abandoned vehicles, I went out one morning to find my work trailer tagged for potential removal. I use that trailer nearly every day and that should have been well known by anyone who frequently drives by my house.

I figured it was either an overzealous officer or, more likely, some internal departmental politics with the officer tagging my trailer to make the police chief look bad. Such can be the unintended consequences of such efforts.