Fricke cops with nothing better to do! - Page 2

The police are the ones required to enforce to the laws but we need to look up the line to the city or county commissioners, mayor, etc....they are the ones who pass the regs. Wouldn't hurt to put in a call or write a letter voicing your disapproval of the ridiculous and burdensome regulations they place on business.

Let Me see if I have this correct ?
Detroit scrappers Lic. $ 50.00
Vehicle inspection by the police $ 25.00
Vehicle plate and a matching button to wear $ 20.00
Surety Bond ( Estimated Average cost ) $ 200.00 ( Guaranteed that will go up do to High Risk when They realize they have a captured market . )
Would the State of Michigan moving to Take Over Detroit to save them from there threat of Insolvency have anything to do with it ?
Detroit faces state takeover threat - Apr. 4, 2012

when you were a child, they were called peace officers. Today they are called enfgorcement officers. think about it.

Lets start a thread about whether we like or dislike the police..think about it..ok i will..off topic

The link posted earlier in this thread is to our website. We are a yard on the East Side of Detroit and we constantly have police outside of our yard, and even pulling in the yard to write tickets to people without junk licenses. They've written tickets to people driving vehicles with heating and cooling logos, plumbing logos, and even REO companies.

If you get a scrap license before your court date, the ticket will definitely get thrown out. I can't speak to whether or not it will be thrown out by showing your LLC papers, but that would make sense.

Scrap yards are not required to buy material from only licensed scrapper's. The program was originally designed to give the police an easy way to question people they saw picking up stuff in alleys or curbsides, but many officer's have decided it is just easier to set up shop at the yards.

I feel ya Burly. No insult taken at all, trust me. If you come to NY, well have to meet up and have a couple bottled waters together. I would say beers but we would probably end up in a fist fight over who gets to scrap out the aluminum cans for $$$$$, lol. Be safe out there buddy, it sounds like a zoo.

Originally Posted by SikoraMetals

The link posted earlier in this thread is to our website. We are a yard on the East Side of Detroit and we constantly have police outside of our yard, and even pulling in the yard to write tickets to people without junk licenses. They've written tickets to people driving vehicles with heating and cooling logos, plumbing logos, and even REO companies.

Hate to say it, but you just talked me out of bringing my scrap metal to you. I'm just a low-volume guy in Sterling Heights and it's no huge loss for you, but the ticket would probably wipe me out, and I'm not about to pay anything to the City of Detroit for the privilege of curb shopping. Guess I'll be sticking with Admiral.

Not being able to keep up with laws works both ways. I have called the Denver Police Dept. on numerous occasions to ask about the legality of different issues (metal detecting public property, drinking alcohol in parks etc.). It seems every time I call I receive a different answer from a different person. This is frustrating, but not nearly as frustrating as looking up the laws and not being able to ascertain what they mean because it is written in jargon and legalese.

Originally Posted by ggariepy

Hate to say it, but you just talked me out of bringing my scrap metal to you. I'm just a low-volume guy in Sterling Heights and it's no huge loss for you, but the ticket would probably wipe me out, and I'm not about to pay anything to the City of Detroit for the privilege of curb shopping. Guess I'll be sticking with Admiral.

Sorry to hear that, but it's understandable. This is not just our problem, but every yard within the city limits has the same problem. It has gotten a lot better the last few months, but there is still a risk when you drive through the city of detroit with a load of scrap and no junk license.

"Constantly" might have been overstating it a bit I guess, we typically see the police once a week.

This is the problem when every municipality has the right to issue a "license". Here in Sterling Heights, MI, they've just granted an exclusive "curbside recycling" license to Waste Management, a big trash hauling corporation. The service is designed to be a subscribers-only deal; residents have to pay $60/year to have their stuff picked up once every two weeks in a Waste Management-provided 96 gallon container. Supposedly they have to have 5,000 subscribers sign up to make a go of it, and thus far they haven't gotten half that number. I'm actually keeping my fingers crossed they don't, since there is a LOT of good picking to be had around here right now.

So if in Sterling Heights, you must have a license to curb-shop, and there's only one license in the entire town. It's bullpuckey if you ask me.

Originally Posted by BurlyGuys

Oh, and it took almost six months to the day to get this resolved.

...and they wonder why nobody with two nickels to rub together wants to live in that freakin' dump. *Amazing.

For the rest of you who aren't local, a child died in a fire today in part because the City of Detroit can't get its act together and send an ambulance on a fire run. The firefighters tried to get him to the hospital in their fire truck, but couldn't save him.

Well, Burly, I'm glad you got away without jail time, but you still got screwed IMO. I won't be visiting Detroit on any scrap runs, that's for sure. There's plenty in my area anyway, why take the chance on the accelerated crime rate, the greedy license requirements, etc., when you can stay safe and stay legal by not crossing 8 Mile Road?

Detroit can suck it.