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e e Ordinance 1746 Auto Wrecker and Towing Vehicle Page 12 Sec. 6-19. Wrecker Rotation List. (a) All auto wreckers desiring to be called for wrecker service by the City Police Department shall request in writing to be placed on a qualified auto wrecker rotation list to be maintained by the Police Department. (b) The qualified auto wrecker rotation list shall be used for all vehicles on which a pull is requested by the La Porte Police Department, except in a non-arrest situation, where vehicle owner has requested a specific wrecker. (c) When a police officer investigating an accident determines that any vehicle which has been involved in a collision or accident upon a public street is unable to proceed safely under its own power, or when the owner thereof is physically unable to drive such vehicle, the officer shall request the owner to designate the wrecker company the owner desires to remove that vehicle. When the owner has designated the wrecker company desired, the police officer shall communicate the fact immediately to Police Department Headquarters, and it shall be the duty of the dispatcher receiving such information at Headquarters to call the designated company provided the company can respond to the location within 20 minutes. In the event the company can not respond in the designated time, the owner shall be so informed and given an opportunity to designate another company. (d) In the event the owner of a vehicle invol ved in an accident or collision is physically unable to designate the wrecker company desired, or refuses to designate one, the investigating off icer shall communicate the fact immediately to Police Department Headquarters. The Police Department shall maintain a wrecker rotation list which shall contain the names and addresses of each wrecker service company that complies with the provisions of this ordinance in order that said company might be called upon for wrecker service by the Police Department. The police officer receiving a call at Police Headquarters for wrecker service shall call the first wrecker company on the list to tow the disabled vehicle or move the same from the public streets of the city. After the company at the top of the list receives a call then the company's name shall be placed at the bottom of the list and the next company shall be moved to the top of the list and it shall receive calls. This process shall be repeated until each company providing wrecker service under the provisions of this ordinance has received calls. The Police Department shall notify each wrecker company in sufficient time prior to its rendering said wrecker service in order that the company might adequately provide the necessary men and equipment to answer said calls. Specifically requested wreckers must be duly licensed by the State and able to respond to the scene within a twenty (20) minute time frame. If they cannot respond in that time frame, the officer in charge will advise the requesting party and request a wrecker from the rotating list.