§47-955.

§47-955.
   
   A. Any officer of the Department of Public Safety or any other
   political subdivision of this state is hereby authorized to cause to
   be towed any vehicle found upon the roadway when:
   
   1. Report has been made that such vehicle has been stolen or taken
   without the consent of its owner;
   
   2. The officer has reason to believe the vehicle has been abandoned as
   defined in Sections 901 and 902 of this title;
   
   3. The person driving or in control of such vehicle is arrested for an
   alleged offense for which the officer is required by law to take the
   person arrested or summoned before a proper magistrate without
   unnecessary delay; or
   
   4. At the scene of an accident, when the owner or driver is not in a
   position to take charge of his vehicle and direct or request its
   proper removal.
   
   B. Each officer of the Department shall use the services of the
   licensed wrecker operator whose location is nearest to the vehicle to
   be towed in all instances in subsection A of this section. The
   requests for services may be alternated or rotated among all such
   licensed wrecker operators who are located within a reasonable radius
   of each other. In like manner, such officer shall advise any person
   requesting information as to the availability of a wrecker or towing
   service, the name of the nearest licensed wrecker operator, giving
   equal consideration to all licensed wrecker operators located within a
   reasonable radius of each other. In cities of less than fifty thousand
   (50,000) population, all such licensed wrecker operators located near
   or in the city limits of such cities shall be considered as being
   equal distance and shall be called on an equal basis as nearly as
   possible.
   
   C. Any officer of the Department who has been requested by a person in
   need of wrecker or towing service to call a specific wrecker or towing
   service for such person, and who calls a different wrecker or towing
   service other than the one requested, without the consent of such
   person, except where hazardous conditions exist, shall be suspended
   from the Department, without compensation, for a period of thirty (30)
   days, except in instances where a vehicle is removed from the roadway
   under the authority of paragraphs 3 and 4 of subsection A of this
   section.