When this Department has made a stolen vehicle report, it will at times be necessary to prepare a "dummy" recovered vehicle report to offset the stolen report.
Dummy recovery reports shall be made when reliable information is received to the effect that:
- Sheriff's reported stolen vehicle has been recovered and for some reason the message of the recovery data had not been received;
- Sheriff's reported stolen vehicle has been repossessed; or
- Sheriff's stolen vehicle report is found to have been taken by mistake.
The Deputy preparing the dummy recovery report shall be responsible for:
- Preparing the recovered report on a CHP-180; and
- Plainly marking the report "dummy" at the top of the form and attaching any substantiating information to the CHP-180.
The report shall be processed as follows:
- Assign the same URN which was assigned to the original stolen; and
- Send the "clear" data to SVS.
After indicating the FCN on the CHP-180, distribution shall be as follows:
- Image into electronic archive SECDA;
- To TRAP - if assigned to TRAP;
- To Unit;
- Sufficient copies for Unit needs.