- (a) There is established a uniform statewide motor vehicle accident police report which shall be used by the Rhode Island state police and all other state or municipal police departments.
- (b) This report shall include any information that the superintendent of the Rhode Island state police in consultation with the Municipal Police Chiefs Association shall deem appropriate.
(c) The failure of a police department to use the uniform report form when taking a report shall not be used:
- (1) By a defendant in a criminal prosecution or violation hearing as grounds for challenge to, or dismissal of, any charges or citations arising out of the motor vehicle accident; or
- (2) As a basis to challenge the admissibility of a police report in any administrative or judicial proceeding, civil or criminal.
History of Section.
P.L. 1993, ch. 183, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 166, § 1.