Images shared online spark social media outcry
Police insist that notices, placed on motorbikes parked along Douglas promenade, are warnings and not fines.
Photographs have been shared on social media, claiming to show officers applying fixed penalty notices to bikes parked on the pavement opposite the Gaiety Theatre.
In a statement, the Isle of Man Constabulary says any suggestion the notices were fines are 'incorrect'.
It says: "Officers attended following motorhomes and other vehicles being parked illegally the day before.
"The area is a Pedestrian Zone and needs to be kept clear for safety reasons as once one person does this, then others follow and when this area get busy during the TT Festival, it really will create a hazard for all concerned.
"As the festival gets going that parking will become a premium however, at the time of this post there was plenty of parking available nearby.
"Whilst on this occasion we did not issue Fixed Penalty Notices, it is probably helpful to clarify that the IOMC does not receive any of the money from such fines."
Picture credit: Manx Radio
Many were critical, saying parking in the area happens every year and to penalise bikers for doing so goes 'against the spirit of the TT'.
But speaking on Manx Radio Motorsport today, Detective Inspector Jamie Tomlinson from the constabulary, says they need to keep that area clear - adding officers also found motorhomes parked there:
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