An Irvington resident appeared at police headquarters this week with a letter he thought had had been placed on the windshield of his car by parking enforcement, police said.

The lengthy and official-looking document alleged that the man had been misusing a handicapped space on South Astor Street—although he did have an official state-issued handicapped permit.

"But we don't issue any such forms," said Sgt. Michael Foley. "If we see someone abusing handicapped spaces, the only thing we'd do is issue a ticket."

The document stated that "in response to recent complaints" about the driver's abuse of handicapped spaces, he had been summonsed to Irvington Police HQ "by Feb. 28 with medical certification of disability completed by a physician within 14 days of your appearance."

The document ended by saying that "Failure to appear may result in a revocation of the vehicle's handicapped permit."

Creative—but very, very illegal.

"My understanding of this strange situation is that someone believes another individual to be misusing a handicapped permit and drew up this note that was supposedly issued by police," Foley said.

If police are able to identify the person who wrote the note, they would possibly be able to charge him or her with forgery in the second degree, a D Felony. 

If anyone else in the village has received a similar form, please contact Irvington police at (914) 591 8080.