(A) Whenever any police officer finds a vehicle in violation of any of the provisions of § 72.12, the officer is hereby authorized to move the vehicle, or require the driver or other person in charge of the vehicle to move the same, to a position off the roadway.
(B) Any police officer is hereby authorized to remove or cause to be removed to a place of safety any unattended vehicle illegally left standing upon any highway, bridge, causeway or in a tunnel, in such a position or under circumstances as to obstruct the normal movement of traffic.
(C) Any police officer is hereby authorized to remove or cause to be removed to the nearest garage or other place of safety any vehicle found upon a highway when:
(1) Report has been made that the vehicle has been stolen or taken without the consent of its owner;
(2) The person in charge of the vehicle is unable to provide for its custody or removal; or
(3) When the person driving or in control of the vehicle is arrested for an alleged offense for which the officer is required by law to take the person arrested before a proper magistrate without unnecessary delay.
(D) All sworn members of the Police Department are hereby authorized to remove and tow away, or have removed and towed away by commercial towing service, any vehicle illegally parked in any place where the parked vehicle creates or constitutes a traffic hazard, or in any way blocks the use of a fire hydrant or otherwise obstructs or may obstruct the movement of any emergency vehicle, or as noted in this chapter.
(1990 Code, § 28-256)
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 11-1302