city of detroit police impound

Chief White spoke on this during the press conference and said that the idea was discussed previously and determined not to be feasible. When in need of a to truck, an officer is supposed to call a towing dispatcher who follows a rotation of 16 approved companies to make sure business is shared equally. And the system will be audited, the chief says, to test whether officers are influencing the process. Detroit City Council authorized seven police towing contracts in a special session on Monday to share towing responsibilities with the Detroit Police Department's internal towing. Under the new changes, which take effect Monday, city-contracted towing companies that recover vehicles which were reported stolen must take those vehicles to the Detroit Police Department's storage lot. Our hours of operation and contact numbers are the same. (Towers) would gain the police officers confidence and theyd gain their trust and, especially, theyd gain their like, Berry said. "(The laws being challenged) are not unconstitutional on their face because they provide for sufficient notice and an opportunity to be heard, and because they do not provide for unreasonable seizures," Schuette'smotion said.