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19 SERGEANT TONY
PUSATERI
20 a witness
herein, having been first duly sworn, was
21 examined and
testified as follows:
22 DIRECT
EXAMINATION
23 BY MR.
BAXTER:
24 Q. Officer
Pusateri, would you state your
25 ... name,
please?
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1 A. Tony
Pusateri.
2 Q. And you're a
police officer in the Borough?
3 A. Yes, I
am.
4 Q. And what
rank do you hold?
5 A. I'm a
Sergeant.
6 Q. And how long
have you been a police officer
7 in the
Borough?
8 A. 21-plus
years.
9 Q. And you do
the math for me. When did you
10
start?
11 A.
1978.
12 Q. Thank you.
Have you had an opportunity to
13 observe the
property at 479 Perry Highway?
14 A. Yes, I
have.
15 Q. How is it
that you see that property? Do
16 you go by it
every day?
17 A. I drive
past it regularly.
18 Q. And during
the course of the 21 years that
19 you've been a
police officer in the Borough, have you
20 ever noticed
anyone parking on the sidewalk or in the
21 front area of
that building?
22 A. Not on a
regular basis, no.
23 Q. When you
say, "Not on a regular basis,"
24 would you
explain to the Board what you mean?
25 A. Since 1978,
1 have seen cars parked on that
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1 sidewalk very
seldom. I have seen in that time frame
2 people
unloading vehicles in that location, which at
3 that time, as a
police officer in West View, I never
4 chased the
people. Because it was like a courtesy
5 that I would
extend to them to unload their vehicle.
6 But the
vehicles would always move shortly
7 thereafter. It
was never considered a parking spot.
8 Q. You weren't
involved in any of the
9 citations that
were issued. Were you?
10 A. I think I
did issue one of the parking
11
tickets.
12 Q. And would
you explain very quickly to the
13 Board what
your observations were on the day that you
14 issued that
ticket, if you recall?
15 A. Mr.
Ballon's vehicle was parked on the
16 concrete
portion in front of his business.
17 Q. And you
issued a traffic citation?
18 A. A parking
citation.
19 Q. And that
was later dismissed. Correct?
20 A. I don't
remember. I can't remember what
21 happened to
them.
22 MR. BAXTER:
You may cross-examine.
