[CC 1997 §18.13]
There is established in the Police Department of this City a
Traffic Division to be under the control of an officer of Police appointed
by and directly responsible to the Chief of Police.
[CC 1997 §18.14]
The Traffic Division with such aid as may be rendered by other
members of the Police Department shall enforce the street traffic
regulations of the City and all of the State vehicle laws applicable
to street traffic in the City, to make arrests for traffic violations,
to investigate accidents and to cooperate with the City Traffic Engineer
and other officers of the City in the administration of the traffic
laws and in developing ways and means to improve traffic conditions,
and to carry out those duties specially imposed upon the division
by this Title.
[CC 1997 §18.15]
A.
The Police
Department Traffic Division shall keep a record of all violations
of the traffic ordinances of the City or of the State vehicle laws
of which any person has been charged, together with a record of the
final disposition of all such alleged offenses. Such record shall
be so maintained as to show all types of violations and the total
of each. Said record shall accumulate during at least a five (5) year
period and from that time on the record shall be maintained complete
for at least the most recent five (5) year period.
B.
All forms
for records of violations and notices of violations shall be serially
numbered. For each month and year a written record shall be kept available
to the public showing the disposal of all such forms.
C.
All such
records and reports shall be public records.
[CC 1997 §18.16]
It shall be the duty of the Traffic Division, assisted by other
Police Officers of the Department, to investigate traffic accidents,
to arrest and to assist in the prosecution of those persons charged
with violations of law causing or contributing to such accidents.
[CC 1997 §18.17]
A.
Whenever
the accidents at any particular location became numerous, the Traffic
Division shall cooperate with the City Traffic Engineer in conducting
studies of such accidents and determining remedial measures.
B.
The Traffic
Division shall maintain a suitable system of filing traffic accident
reports. Accident reports or cards referring to them shall be filed
alphabetically by location. Such reports shall be available for the
use and information of the City.
[CC 1997 §18.18]
The Police Department or the Traffic Division thereof shall
maintain a suitable record of all traffic accidents, warnings, arrests,
convictions, and complaints reported for each driver, which shall
be filed alphabetically under the name of the driver concerned.
[CC 1997 §18.19]
A.
The Traffic
Division shall annually prepare a traffic survey report which shall
be filed with the City Manager. Such report shall contain information
on traffic matters in the City as follows:
1.
The
number of traffic accidents, the number of persons killed, the number
of persons injured, and other pertinent traffic accident data.
2.
The
number of traffic accidents investigated and other pertinent data
on the safety activities of the Police.
3.
The
plans and recommendations of the Division for future traffic safety
activities.
[CC 1997 §18.21]
A.
The office
of City Traffic Engineer is established. The Chief of Police shall
serve as City Traffic Engineer in addition to his other functions,
and shall exercise the powers and duties with respect to traffic as
provided in this Chapter.
B.
The City
Traffic Engineer shall determine the installation and proper timing
and maintenance of traffic control devices, conduct analyses of traffic
accidents and devise remedial measures, conduct investigation of traffic
conditions, plan the operation of traffic on the streets and highways
of the City, and cooperate with other City Officials in the development
of ways and means to improve traffic conditions, and carry out the
additional powers and duties imposed by ordinances of the City.
[CC 1997 §18.22]
A.
The Chief
of Police by and with the approval of the City Manager is hereby empowered
to make regulations necessary to make effective the provisions of
the traffic ordinances of the City and to make and enforce temporary
or experimental regulations to cover emergencies or special conditions.
No such temporary or experimental regulation shall remain in effect
for more than ninety (90) days.
B.
The City
Traffic Engineer may test traffic control devices under actual conditions
of traffic.
