Town of Deerfield, MA
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2023-10-23
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Division 1: Bylaws
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Division 2: Selectboard
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Chapter 207 Vehicles and Traffic
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Article II Authority and Duty of Police
- Division 1: Bylaws
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Aging, Council on
- Ch 4 Agricultural Commission
- Ch 6 Selectboard
- Ch 10 Committees
- Ch 20 Finances
- Ch 25 Inspector of Wires
- Ch 35 Personnel
- Ch 37 Planning Board
- Ch 39 (Reserved)
- Ch 43 Regional and Intermunicipal Services
- Ch 46 Town Clerk
- Ch 48 Town Meeting
- Ch 49 Town Office Building
- Ch 50 Town Property, Disposition of
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 55 Alarms
- Ch 57 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 60 Animals
- Ch 67 Bridges
- Ch 69 Building Construction
- Ch 71 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 74 Canvassers and Solicitors
- Ch 81 Conservation Plan
- Ch 91 Excavations
- Ch 93 Farming
- Ch 95 Firearms
- Ch 102 Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse
- Ch 119 Licenses
- Ch 123 Noncriminal Disposition
- Ch 130 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 136 Produce, Sale of
- Ch 138 Property Maintenance
- Ch 150 Sewers
- Ch 153 Special Sales
- Ch 155 Stormwater
- Ch 156 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 162 Tobacco
- Ch 168 Vehicles, Unregistered
- Ch 174 Water
- Ch 179 Zoning
- Division 2: Selectboard
- Ch 182 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 186 Fees
- Ch 197 Public Roads
- Ch 200 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 202 Swimming Pools
- Ch 207 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 207 Art II Authority and Duty of Police
- § 207-3 Duty to enforce.
- § 207-4 Obedience to police.
- § 207-5 Temporary closing of streets and highways.
- § 207-6 Traffic accident file to be kept.
- Division 3: Board of Health
- Ch 215 Fees
- Ch 217 Body Art Establishments
- Ch 219 Garbage and Waste Disposal
- Ch 227 Milk
- Ch 236 Sewers
- Ch 239 Subsurface Sewage Disposal Systems
- Ch 242 Tobacco Products
- Division 4: Miscellaneous
- Ch 247 Alcoholic Beverage Establishments
- Ch 263 Site Plan Review Application Packet
- Ch 264 Subdivision of Land
- Appendix
- Ch A269 General Laws and Special Acts
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
It shall be the duty of all police officers
of the Town of Deerfield, and in particular, officers designated by
the Chief of Police, for the time being, to enforce the provisions
of these rules, regulations and orders. Such officers are authorized
to direct all traffic, either in person, or, by means of visible or
audible signal in conformance with the provisions of these rules,
regulations and orders, provided that, in the event of a fire or other
emergency, to expedite traffic or to safeguard pedestrians, the members
of the Fire Department may direct traffic, as conditions may require,
notwithstanding the provisions of these rules, regulations and orders.
No person shall willfully fail or refuse to comply with any lawful order or direction of an officer, defined in § 207-2, relating to the direction, control, regulation of traffic. Any person acting in conformity with any such order, direction, control or regulation of traffic shall be relieved from the observance of any provision of these rules and orders with which it conflicts.
The police may close temporarily any street
or highway in an impending or existing emergency, or for any lawful
assemblage, demonstration or proceeding or procession, provided that
there is reasonable justification for the closing of such street or
highway.
A.
The police shall maintain a suitable system of filing
traffic accident reports. Accident reports, or cards referring to
them, shall be filed alphabetically, by location.
B.
The police shall annually submit a traffic report
to the Selectboard, covering the pertinent traffic accident data.
[Amended 6-12-2021 ATM by Art. 15]
