7-501.01 - Traffic Accident Reports

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7-501 - Traffic Accident Investigation Procedures
7-501.02 - Insurance – No Proof of Insurance

7-501.01 - Traffic Accident Reports

  • Summary: Mandates officers to complete reports for accidents involving injuries, city vehicles, or damages over $1,000, using the state's online reporting system.
  • Effective Date: 05-29-2009
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Policy

A Traffic Accident Report shall be completed for motor vehicle accidents involving personal injury, a City vehicle, or combined property damage amounting to over $1,000.

Officers shall directly enter all accident reports into the State of Minnesota Online Accident Reporting System, unless the system is down. When entering the report into the system, officers shall use a 10-digit case number format (example: MP03-123456).

In the event that the online system is down, officers shall:

  1. Notify dispatch of the system outage;
  2. Add remarks to the call that the Online Accident Reporting System is down;
  3. Complete a handwritten Minnesota Traffic Accident Report (PS 32003 03); and,
  4. Enter the handwritten report when the Online Accident Reporting System is back on-line or forward the report to the precinct/unit typist for entry.
 

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7-501 - Traffic Accident Investigation Procedures
7-501.02 - Insurance – No Proof of Insurance

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