Eli Sadownick

Behavior

Fewer Tickets By Local Area Cops

Last week my wife and two friends had dinner at a Port Chester restaurant. After returning to her friend's car, the driver made an illegal U-turn and was stopped by a policeman. As she tried to explain her way out of a ticket, the cop interrupted and said, "Don't worry. I saw you come out of that restaurant. I won't give you a ticket because we want to encourage eating in local restaurants. If you have a bad experience here, you won't want to come back."

The next day, a friend at work told my wife this story. She was in Mamaroneck and crossed the mid-line to get into a parking spot (a violation my wife had received a ticket for years ago). The cop stopped her as she was maneuvering to get better positioned in the space and asked, "Where are you going?" The driver was puzzled at first by this question, but after the policeman elaborated, "Are you coming or going?" She explained she was bringing clothes to Tommy the Tailor, down the street. The policeman then said he would let her go without a ticket because she was using a local merchant and, "We want to support our local merchants."

35-1/2 North Main St, Port Chester, NY