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from the next-time-send-it-to-the-chief dept.
According to The Guardian:
The unnamed woman, a resident of Petrer in Alicante, south-east Spain, posted the photo on her Facebook page with the comment "Park where you bloody well please and you won't even be fined".
The police tracked her down within 48 hours and fined her.
Apparently, this is allowed in Spain so that police can "avenge their dishonor".
This is exactly the sort of behavior that leads to public distrust of police.
This story is a new take on online liberties in Spain:
A woman in Spain has been fined €800 (£570) [$886] after she took a picture of a police car parked in a disabled bay. She fell victim to a controversial new gagging law in the the country that prohibits 'the unauthorised use of images of police officers that might jeopardise their or their family's safety or that of protected facilities or police operations.'
Spanish story (more elaborate) here
I'd add a snarky comment here, but everything I came up with is just trolling.
Summing up my feelings: Spanish police: SRSLY, WTF?!
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Tuesday August 18 2015, @07:41PM
I took a picture of the Scofflaw Patrol car double-parked in a bike lane in front of a 7-11 in Brooklyn. I sent it into the precinct and posted it on the neighborhood blog (incredibly active and activist neighborhood). Those guys don't work there anymore.
Washington DC delenda est.