§ 31-26-16 - Uniform statewide motor vehicle accident police report. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 31-26-16

   § 31-26-16  Uniform statewide motor vehicleaccident police report. – (a) There is established a uniform statewide motor vehicle accident policereport which shall be used by the Rhode Island state police and all other stateor municipal police departments.

   (b) This report shall include any information that thesuperintendent of the Rhode Island state police in consultation with theMunicipal Police Chiefs Association shall deem appropriate.

   (c) The failure of a police department to use the uniformreport form when taking a report shall not be used:

   (1) By a defendant in a criminal prosecution or violationhearing as grounds for challenge to, or dismissal of, any charges or citationsarising out of the motor vehicle accident; or

   (2) As a basis to challenge the admissibility of a policereport in any administrative or judicial proceeding, civil or criminal.