If you want to avoid a parking ticket in the city, the surest way is to park in front of the police station. Or across the street.
The two dozen meters on Arcand Drive serve as an unofficial ticket-free zone for city employees who park personal vehicles for up to a full workday without feeding the meter.
While city parking-enforcement officers are nowhere to be seen on Arcand Drive, taxpayers are potentially stiffed more than $1,000 a week from parking meter revenue that could be generated, not including money from parking tickets not issued.