That almost sounds like a case of criminally corrupt city officials and police department? Shows how important it is to separate PDs from politicians to enable them act as independently as possible to just uphold the law.

"Suddenly, two months ago, we received a phone call from the city explaining that traditional parking companies were not happy with the way we were poaching business from them and that we had to slow down our growth. We ignored this warning. Ten days later, we received a phone call from the police department telling us that our permits had not been granted and they gave us a warning because we were operating illegally in most of our locations."