Police are left fuming after their marked patrol car was slapped with a PARKING TICKET

Police have been left fuming after their marked patrol car was slapped with a parking ticket while they were responding to an emergency. 

Officers from Plymouth Response A Section in Devon said they parked a ‘marked police vehicle’ in a local car park while they were attending an emergency – when they were issued with a parking ticket.

The cops then contacted the company who had issued the parking charge notice, only to be told they must appeal the ticket in writing.

The parking charge notice, addressed to Devon and Cornwall Police, requires the force to pay £85 within 28 days.

It refers to a car parked in a Plymouth car park at midnight on 2 November.

In a tweet, the officers jokingly asked people not to call 999, because they are busy writing a parking ticket appeal.

The tweet reads: ‘We’ve been issued a parking ticket for a marked police vehicle by a local car park. The vehicle was attending an emergency. We’ve called the company to explain.

‘They require us to spend time writing a letter of appeal.

‘Please hold calling 999 whilst we do that!’

In a tweet (pictured), the officers jokingly asked people not to call 999, because they are busy writing a parking ticket appeal

Police vehicles are exempt from fines when performing operational duties (file image) 

The officers then shared a photograph of the ‘Notice to Keeper’ Devon and Cornwall Police received, demanding payment because ANPR cameras at the car park showed the diver of the police vehicle was in ‘breach of terms and conditions’ because it was ‘parked without a valid pay by phone transaction’.

This suggests the PCN would have been issued through the post, rather than being affixed to the windscreen.

Plymouth Response A Section has declined to comment further or give the name of the company involved.

Police vehicles are exempt from fines when performing operational duties.