Vehicle Retention
ALJ orders PD to return car.
The Police Department sought to retain respondent's vehicle seized in connection with his arrest for driving while under the influence of alcohol. ALJ Raymond E. Kramer ordered the Department to return the car, finding that it did not show that retention of the car was necessary to prevent a risk to public safety.
Police Dep't v. Romeo, OATH Index No. 682/14, mem. dec. (Oct. 24, 2013).