(A) When a police officer investigating an accident determines that any vehicle which has been involved in an accident should be removed by a wrecker, the officer shall first determine whether or not the owner has already made arrangements with an authorized wrecker service or, if appropriate, a restricted use wrecker, for the removal of the vehicle.
(B) If not, the officer shall request the owner to either designate an authorized company or allow a wrecker to be called from the wrecker rotation list as follows:
(1) If the owner or operator selects a wrecker company, the investigating officer shall notify the police dispatcher to call the wrecker company. If the requested wrecker company is unable to promptly respond, then a rotation wrecker will be called.
(2) If the owner does not designate a wrecker company to be called, the investigating officer shall notify the dispatcher to call the wrecker company next in line on the wrecker rotation list and furnish its name to the investigating officer. A wrecker company called from the wrecker rotation list may hereafter be referred to as “rotation pull.” In such event, the investigating officer shall notify the police dispatcher who shall call the wrecker company next up from the wrecker rotation list and dispatch it to the scene. The vehicle or vehicles to be removed shall be taken to the place designated by the owner or by the investigating officer or to the wrecker company’s own place of storage if no designation is made. If the responding wrecker company is unable to immediately provide a wrecker for each wrecked vehicle at the scene, then the wrecker service next on the rotation list shall be called to remove excess vehicles.
(C) On each succeeding accident or call, or on each equal rotation of the list, the next wrecker company on the rotation list will be called to respond. The Chief of Police will establish a fair and consistent rotation procedure to ensure equal service for each wrecker business on the rotation.
(D) To effect the wrecker rotation and heavy duty wrecker list procedure, the Police Department shall keep a master list of all wrecker companies which meet all the requirements of this chapter and are qualified to be on the wrecker rotation and the heavy duty wrecker rotation lists.
(`87 Code, § 17-61) (Am. Ord. 1999-7, passed 7-6-99)