Policy Text
OFFICE OF CHIEF OF POLICE
OAKLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT
SPECIAL ORDER NO. 8793
TO:
All Personnel
SUBJECT:
Update of Departmental General Order (DGO) J-3,
TOWING PROCEDURES (Rev. 7 Apr 00) and
Report Writing Manual (RWM) T-19,
TOWING PROCEDURES (Rev. 7 Apr 00)
EFFECTIVE DATE:
25 Nov 07
TERMINATION:
Upon Revision of DGO J-3 and RWM T-19
The purpose of this Special Order is to revise Departmental policy and procedures, and
the tow matrix for members and employees regarding abandoned vehicles.
New language is added to DGO J-3 and is referenced as Part 1, C, 2, b, (4) to read as
follows:
(4)
Repeat Violation - A repeat violation occurs when a vehicle has been
previously processed in accordance with Part I, C, 2, a, of this order at
the same location or within 50 feet.
Abandoned Vehicle Unit Members may authorize the removal of a
vehicle with repeat violations based on a completed Declaration in
Support of Vehicle Removal (TF-3282) signed by the complainant or a
complainant-written declaration'. Either of these signed documents will
enable a member or employee to forego placing a warning sticker on
the windshield, recording mileage on the Assignment Report, marking
the tire and pavement, and waiting the mandatory 72-hours, prior to
towing.
A "complainant-written declaration" shall be signed by the complainant and state a factual basis
supporting probable cause and include the language, "I declare, under penalty of perjury, that the contents
of this declaration are true and correct."
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OAKLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT
Special Order 8793
Effective Date:
25 Nov 07
AUTHORITY
FOR TOW
CITABLE
VIOLATION
New language is added to RWM T-19 and is referenced in the tow matrix for OMC
Section 10.28.030, to read as follows:
VEHICLE
STATUS
GARAGE
CHKLST
PRIMARY REPORT
WHO MAY TOW
Sworn
CIV
10.28.030 OMC
Parking in street
or alley for more
than 72 hours.
22651 (k) VC
10.28.030 OMC
Stored Vehicle Report.
X
X
Tire marking, mileage recording,
and affixing warning sticker
required to establish violation.
X
X
By order of
For repeat violating vehicles only.
If a Declaration in Support of
Vehicle Removal (TF-3282) or a
complainant-written declaration is
completed, tire markings, and
affixing warning sticker is NOT
required to establish a violation.
X
Wayne M. Tucker
Wayne G Tucker
Chief of Police
Date Signed: 21 Nov. 07
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