In the event that there is more than one certificate holder, all holders shall be placed on a rotation list maintained in the police dispatch office. When an officer requests a police pull, the dispatcher shall call the next certificate holder on the list in rotation, in order to ensure that all certificate holders receive an equal number of calls.
(2005 Code, sec. 5.2.21)
(a) 
Each certificate holder shall create and maintain the following written records for at least two (2) years following each police pull and each pull resulting from courtesy calls made by the city at the request of a vehicle’s operator:
(1) 
The certificate holder’s copy of any required pull card;
(2) 
Books, records, logs or receipts relative to all towing, storage and miscellaneous fees charged by the certificate holder; and
(3) 
Any other records determined by the chief to be necessary to the supervision of the certificate holder’s police pull operations.
(b) 
The city secretary shall have the right to obtain from the certificate holder an annual audited financial statement prepared by a certified public accountant. Such financial statement may only be required by the secretary when access to the books, records, logs and receipts relative to police pulls is denied after request has been made therefor pursuant to this section. When required, the audited statement shall be due within sixty (60) days of the end of the certificate holder’s fiscal year or not later than sixty (60) days following the request.
(c) 
The chief shall have the right to inspect, during regular business hours, any of the books, records, logs and receipts of a certificate holder which relate to police pulls and shall have the right to make one or more copies of the same. City inspection shall not be construed to constitute a waiver of any claim of confidentiality the certificate holder may have as to such records.
(d) 
Any failure by a certificate holder to maintain adequate records as required by this section or to comply with the reporting or inspection procedures of this section shall constitute grounds for the suspension or revocation of the certificate.
(Ordinance 2019-04, sec. 4, adopted 3/21/19)
Any police officer of the city is hereby authorized to move a vehicle, require the driver or other person in charge of a vehicle to move the same, or have the vehicle removed by a certificate holder to the nearest place of safety, or to the premises of the certificate holder, under the following conditions:
(1) 
When any vehicle is left unattended upon any bridge or viaduct where such vehicle constitutes an obstruction to traffic;
(2) 
When any vehicle is parked so as to block the entrance to a private driveway;
(3) 
When any vehicle is found upon a street and a report has been previously made that the vehicle has been stolen or a complaint has been filed and a warrant thereon issued charging that such vehicle has been or there are reasonable grounds to believe the vehicle is stolen;
(4) 
When any such officer has reasonable grounds to believe that any vehicle has been abandoned;
(5) 
When a vehicle upon a street is so wrecked or disabled that its normal operation is impossible or impractical, or the person in charge of the vehicle is incapacitated by reason of physical injury or other reason to such extent as to be unable to provide for its removal or custody or is not in the immediate vicinity of the wrecked or disabled vehicle;
(6) 
When an officer arrests a person driving or in control of a vehicle for an alleged offense and such officer is by this article or other law required to take the person arrested immediately before a magistrate and it is unsafe to leave the vehicle unattended at the scene. In no case, however, shall a vehicle be released when the driver is arrested for intoxication except to a member of the operator’s immediate family and only at the time of arrest and at the scene;
(7) 
Whenever any officer finds a vehicle standing upon a street or public or private property in violation of any state law or city ordinance;
(8) 
When the owner or operator consents;
(9) 
When, in the opinion of a police officer, the vehicle constitutes a hazard or interferes with a normal function of a governmental agency;
(10) 
When, in the opinion of a police officer, the safety of the vehicle is imperiled by reason of any catastrophe, emergency or unusual circumstance; or
(11) 
When any vehicle is found to be a junked vehicle in accordance with this article or state statute, including specifically V.T.C.A., Transportation Code, sec. 683.001 et seq.;
(12) 
Where otherwise authorized by law.
(2005 Code, sec. 5.2.23)
The chief shall cause to be prepared a form that shall be sufficient for use in all police pulls and for the records required of the certificate holder under this article. The form shall contain at least the following:
(1) 
The name(s) and address(es) of the owner and operator of the vehicle to be towed;
(2) 
The description of the vehicle to be towed;
(3) 
The time, date and reason for the tow; and
(4) 
The location from which the vehicle was towed.
(2005 Code, sec. 5.2.24)
At the sole determination of the senior ranking officer on duty at the time, the department of public safety may elect to release any vehicle pulled under a police pull. The election shall entitle the recipient to release of the vehicle pulled without any charges for towing or storage, and the certificate holder shall not be entitled to any charge or fee for such pull.
(2005 Code, sec. 5.2.27)
A certificate holder may be called by any police officer to jump start, tow or change flat tires on any police vehicle or city vehicle not under the control of the city’s department of public safety. In such cases, the certificate holder shall not be entitled to any charge or fee for such service.
(2005 Code, sec. 5.2.28)