On the 14, the LA Police Commission will review proposed changes to LAPD's vehicle impound procedures. Chief Beck tries to clarify confusion about it. It is to clarify the authority of the officer possessing a vehicle from, for example, a driver driving a car without a license and impound the vehicle until the registered owner comes to retrieve it. Officer Beck states:
"Standardizing the impound authority is a matter of basic fairness. The current guidelines can
lead the officers to use the two applicable California Vehicle Code Sections interchangeably and
inconsistently throughout the City.
This results in vastly varied penalties for the same crime – The 14602.6 Vehicle Code Section
mandates a 30-day impound ($1,300+), while the 22651(P) Vehicle Code Section allows a car to
be released, with proper documentation, the next day ($250).......the courts have determined that the decision to impound any vehicle should be based on the totality of circumstances and must be reasonable and in the furtherance of public safety. Statutory authority alone is not sufficient to deprive someone of their vehicle."
So it is basically saying that circumstances also affect whether or not a car will be impounded.
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