The Suffolk County Director of Handicapped Services is hereby authorized,
empowered and directed to establish a program to utilize volunteers
with cameras to survey parking lots for the purpose of photographing
automobile vehicles parked in violation of the provisions of this
article and/or §§ 1203 and 1203-c of the New York Vehicle
and Traffic Law, together with the car license plate, the handicapped
parking sign and the blue striping designating said space as a reserved
handicapped parking space. This program shall include, but not be
limited to, the issuance of identification cards to such volunteers
with names and pictures affixed thereto to be used in the event that
police officers need more identification from the volunteer, schedules
to allow for the placement of people in various areas of the County
on different days on a rotating basis so as not to leave any areas
unpatrolled or duplicated, a system of reminder letters to people
who are cited for handicapped parking violations, and:
(1)
Volunteers shall be required to wear large badges identifying the
persons as part of this volunteer program with an identification number
corresponding to a list of volunteers kept in the County Office of
Handicapped Services.
(2)
Cameras shall be provided to such volunteers by the County, together
with funding for the development of film.
(3)
The program shall also include a procedure by which the Police Department
may be requested and empowered to prepare the necessary deposition
for signature by the volunteer who actually witnessed the infraction,
administer the necessary oath for verification, prepare the necessary
information for presentation to the appropriate court, and to forward
all pertinent documents to said court, together with requirement that
the Police Department arrange to send, via certified mail, return
receipt requested, an appearance ticket advising the registered owner
of the motor vehicle when and where to appear in court and what charge
has been lodged against him.
