SOME people don’t seem to have to worry about finding a place to park.

These pictures from Daily Echo readers show police and council vehicles in spots that would earn most drivers a ticket.

The police car was snapped in a parent and child space at Sainsbury’s in Alder Hills, Poole, despite there being plenty of other spaces empty.

“Is this really setting an example?” fumed the Echo reader who submitted the picture.

“I bet they didn’t get a fine.”

A Bournemouth Borough Council street services vehicle was spotted on double yellow lines in the town centre’s Albert Road – where parking and waiting are forbidden.

The reader who spotted it said: “It was there for 20 minutes.

“If a large vehicle had come down that road, such as a lorry doing a delivery, they would have struggled to get around because of its position.”

Stuart Best, street services manager at Bournemouth council, said in a statement that the parking in Albert Road was being investigated. “There are a number of legitimate reasons why a Street Services vehicle would be parked up on the highway including carrying out urgent repairs, temporarily shielding the public from a hazard in the road, attending an emergency call-out or contacting the office to report an urgent matter,” he said.

“As the matter is still being looked into it would not be appropriate to comment further.

“When conducting council business, staff are always advised to park up in such a way that they cause the least obstruction and disruption to other road users where possible.”

Dorset Police said its car was at Sainsbury’s while officers dealt with an allegation of shoplifting. A 29-year-old woman was arrested and subsequently charged with theft.

A spokesman said it was often necessary for officers to park as close as possible to the scene of an incident.