An outraged San Diego couple say their Tesla‘s cameras caught a crooked parking cop ticketing their legally parked vehicle on camera.
Vanessa Pearce shared video footage of her trip to the East Village of the California city on the afternoon of December 6, where a parking enforcement officer allegedly issued her a fraudulent citation.
The now viral interaction with the unidentified cop has garnered more than 800,000 views and was captioned, ‘When your own city tries to scam you! Do better, San Diego!’
Before the couple was written the $85 parking citation, they were parked near the Izola Bakery on Island Avenue to pick up some baked goods around 12.30pm.
The couple said they paid for 30 minutes of parking, and when Vanessa returned 20 minutes later to add more time to the meter, she found a ticket on her Tesla.
‘I was extremely upset. I thought it was a mistake and maybe a glitch in the system,’ said Pearce to Fox 5.
The pair confronted the cop, informing him he was mistaken, but he wouldn’t listen at first.
The officer told them that they had been parked there since 8am. But when the Pearces told him that their car’s cameras could prove their version of events, he offered to dismiss the citation, according to the video.