Bogus vehicle tags, false report lead to arrest of SF cop

San Francisco Police Officer Joel Babbs was arrested on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017, on suspicion of falsifying vehicle registration tags and filing a false police report. San Francisco Police Officer Joel Babbs was arrested on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017, on suspicion of falsifying vehicle registration tags and filing a false police report. Photo: San Francisco Police Department / San Francisco Police Department/ Photo: San Francisco Police Department / San Francisco Police Department/ Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Bogus vehicle tags, false report lead to arrest of SF cop 1 / 1 Back to Gallery

A San Francisco police officer was arrested Thursday on charges of falsifying vehicle registration tags and filing a false police report about the violation, officials said.

In June, the Police Department’s Internal Affairs Division began an investigation into a suspected vehicle code violation by Officer Joel Babbs. The probe found that Babbs had filed a false police report about the same violation.

He was arrested after the San Francisco district attorney’s office reviewed the case. Babbs has been reassigned to a position where he has no contact with the public.

Annie Ma is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: ama@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @anniema15