The photo posted on Facebook and Reddit this week shows a State Watercraft Officer vehicle parked at the Four Seasons Yacht Club on Kellogg Avenue. The photo had more than a million views via Reddit by Thursday afternoon.

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The Ohio Department of Natural Resources is investigating after a photo of an officer's truck parked in a handicapped spot at a Cincinnati marina became a viral hit.The photo posted on Facebook and Reddit this week shows a State Watercraft Officer vehicle parked at the Four Seasons Yacht Club on Kellogg Avenue. The photo had more than a million views via Reddit by Thursday afternoon.Watch this storyWLWT spoke to a boater who also took three photos when he saw the trucked parked in the spot Saturday morning. He posted one of the photos on Facebook, but when he spoke to WLWT, he wanted to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation."It just flipped me out. I was not happy," he said. "Is he above the law for parking in a handicap zone when in fact he is not handicapped? I'm handicapped and when I see this it gets me very upset."The truck was parked at a spot with a painted handicap sign on the blacktop, but it does not have the international handicap symbol on a posted sign near the front of the spot.Ohio Revised Code 4511.69 states, "The locations shall be designated through the posting of an elevated sign, whether permanently affixed or movable, imprinted with the international symbol of access and shall be reasonably close to exits, entrances, elevators, and ramps."An ODNR spokesman said the agency has received several complaints and calls since the photo appeared.The spokesman said once the investigation is complete, the officer could receive an oral or written reprimand.But the boater who took the photo wants a harsher consequence."I think he should be suspended for at least seven days, just to let him think about parking in a handicap zone. That's just wrong," he said.O.R.C. 4511.69 also states the ticket for parking illegally in a handicap spot can range from $250 to $500.