Police officer’s report

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(a) Whenever the Metropolitan Police Department (“MPD”) makes a written report on an accident involving a motor vehicle, the report shall include the following information:

(1) Whether a mobile telephone or other electronic device was present in the motor vehicle;

(2) Whether the use of a mobile telephone or other electronic device by a motor vehicle operator may have contributed to the cause of the accident; and

(3) Whether any other distraction may have contributed to the cause of the accident.

(b) The MPD shall provide a copy of each accident report to the District Department of Transportation.

(Mar. 30, 2004, D.C. Law 15-124, § 7, 51 DCR 1541.)


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