My question involves a traffic citation from the state of: CO
i am a driver for a hotel. i was picking up my guests at a local restaurant and, when i saw my guests, nosed into a handicapped parking spot just long enough to open the door and let them in. as the people were crawling in, a cop pulled in behind me and told me "u can't park in a handicapped parking space!" to which i sincerely apologized and tried to justify by saying that i had just nosed in, the vehicle had been running the whole time as i was merely loading some people into the vehicle and then leaving. the officer replied "I SAID YOU CAN"T PARK IN A HANDICAPPED SPOT, MOVE YOUR VEHICLE NOW!" i replied 'yes sir' and took one step to close the door passenger door and he honked his horn for about five seconds and yelled out his window "When i tell you to move your car you move your car! you don't close the door!!" "you know what i'll just give you a ticket" and he proceeded to turn on his lights and write me a parking violation. i understand that i technically was blocking a handicapped spot, but do i have any case at all for arguing this violation? maybe harrassment for the way he handled the situation?

by the way, does anyone know the law/policy/rule for a cop parking in a handicap zone? I saw a video on YT the other day that showed a cop coming out of a store and getting in his cop car that was parked in a handicap zone, the guy filming ACTUALLY approached him and asked why he was parking there, the cop said because he needed quick access to his car, remember; this cop came out of what looked like a home-improvement store carrying several plastic bags of merchandise he'd apparently purchased
