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62A – Motor Vehicle Investigations <br /> <br /> <br />Policy & Procedure Page 2 of 10 <br />PROCEDURES <br /> <br />A. Motor Vehicle Crash Response, Investigation and Reporting <br /> <br />1. All reported motor vehicle crashes should typically have two officers <br />dispatched to assess what is needed and provide scene safety. <br /> <br />a. Many crashes are reported with only partial information because callers <br />are passing by the incident and cannot fully determine injuries or hazards. <br />b. If it is determined and confirmed that the crash is minor and all that is <br />needed is an officer to swap information, the response may be changed <br />from two officers to one officer. <br /> <br />2. Crashes Requiring More Than Basic Police Assistance: Officers should <br />respond to traffic collisions involving any of the following circumstances: <br /> <br />a. Crashes resulting in death or personal injury; [61.2.2(a)] <br />b. Hit and run crashes; [61.2.2(b)] <br />c. Impairment of an operator due to alcohol or drugs; [61.2.2(c)] <br />d. Damage to public/government vehicles or property; [61.2.2(d)] <br />e. Crashes involving hazardous materials (HAZMAT); [61.2.2(e)] <br />f. Disturbances between involved persons; [61.2.2(f)] <br />g. Major traffic congestion because of the crash; and [61.2.2(g)] <br />h. Damage to any vehicle that requires it to be towed. [61.2.2(h)] <br /> <br />3. Crashes Requiring Police Report and Investigation: The following types of <br />crashes, whether occurring on public or private property, shall require police <br />investigation and report: [61.2.1(f)] [83.2.6] <br /> <br />a. All those involving death or personal injury; 61.2.1(a)] <br />b. All property damage crashes with estimated damage in excess of one <br />thousand dollars;i [61.2.1(b)] <br />c. All hit and run crashes which involve personal injury, and those hit and run <br />property damage crashes; [61.2.1(c)] <br />d. Those involving operator impairment due to alcohol or drugs; [61.2.1(d)] <br />e. Those involving any vehicle carrying hazardous materials (HAZMAT); <br />[61.2.1(e)] <br />f. Those which appear to have been caused by a moving violation on the <br />part of one or more of the operators, by defective equipment on or in a <br />vehicle, or by any other circumstances which impeded the safe operation <br />of a vehicle; <br />g. Crashes that appear to have been caused by the incompetence of an <br />operator. (See also Department policy 61 - Traffic Safety); and [61.1.2] <br />h. A crash occurring under the above conditions on private property (unless <br />involving just minor property damage and not a hit and run situation). <br />[61.2.1(f)] <br />