City of Yonkers, NY Article III Traffic Division

§ 109-19 Establishment; duties.

A. There is hereby established in the Police Department a Traffic Division, to be under the control of an officer of police appointed by and directly responsible to the Police Commissioner.

B. It shall be the duty of the Traffic Division, with such aid as may be rendered by other members of the Police Department, to enforce the street traffic regulations of this City and all of the state motor vehicle laws applicable to street traffic in the City, to make arrests for traffic violations, to investigate accidents and to cooperate with the Police Commissioner, Traffic Engineer and other officers of the City regarding administration and enforcement of the traffic laws and development of ways and means to improve traffic conditions.

C. It shall be the duty of parking enforcement officers assigned to the Traffic Division to enforce all ordinances and laws affecting parking and other nonmoving traffic violations and to issue summonses for such traffic violations as above set forth, in addition to other duties assigned to said parking enforcement officers by their commanding officer or officers.

D. Except when authorized or directed under the laws of the State of New York to immediately take a person arrested for a violation of a traffic law before a Magistrate, any police officer, upon making an arrest for violation of a traffic law or traffic ordinance of the City, shall take the violator's name, address, operator's license number and the registration number of the motor vehicle involved and issue to him, in writing, on a form provided by the City, a notice to answer the charge against him during hours and at a place specified in the notice. The arresting officer shall send one copy of such notice to the Traffic Division and one copy to the court.

E. Officers of the Traffic Division are hereby authorized to direct all traffic in conformance with traffic laws, provided that, in the event of a fire or other emergency or to expedite traffic or to safeguard pedestrians, officers of the Police or Fire Department may direct traffic as conditions may require, notwithstanding the provisions of the traffic laws.

§ 109-20 Record of traffic violations.

A. The Traffic Division shall keep a record of all violations of the traffic ordinances and regulations of the City or of the State Vehicle and Traffic Law with which any person has been charged, together with a record of the final disposition of all such charges. The record shall be so maintained as to show all types of violations and the total number of each type. The record shall be maintained complete for the most recent five-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 showing the disposal of all such forms, which record shall be available to the public.

C. All such records and reports shall be available for use and study by the Traffic Engineer, the Highway Safety Board and any other City department, official, agency or advisory body.

§ 109-21 Investigation of accidents; accident reports.

A. It shall be the duty of the Traffic Division to investigate traffic accidents and to arrest and obtain prosecution of those persons guilty of violations of law causing or contributing to such accidents.

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 Traffic Engineer, the Highway Safety Board and any other City department, official, agency or advisory body.

C. Whenever the accidents at any particular location become numerous, the Traffic Division shall cooperate with the Traffic Engineer and Highway Safety Board in conducting studies of such accidents and determining remedial measures.

D. The Traffic Division shall receive and properly file all accident reports made to it under state law or pursuant to this chapter.

§ 109-22 Driver file.

A. The Traffic Division shall maintain a suitable record of all traffic accidents, warnings, arrests, convictions and complaints, in which the same shall be filed alphabetically under the name of the driver concerned.

B. The Traffic Division shall study the cases of all the drivers charged with frequent or serious violations of the traffic laws or frequently involved in traffic accidents or any serious accident and shall attempt to discover the reasons therefor and shall take whatever steps are lawful and reasonable to prevent the same or have the licenses of such persons suspended or revoked.

C. The records required hereunder shall accumulate until a five-year period is covered, and thereafter such records shall be maintained complete for the most recent five-year period.

§ 109-23 Annual traffic safety report.

A. The Traffic Division shall annually prepare a traffic report, to contain information on traffic matters as follows:

(1) The number of traffic accidents, the number of persons killed or injured and other pertinent traffic accident data.

(2) The number of traffic accidents investigated, the number of drivers with bad records interrogated and other pertinent data on the safety activities of the police.

(3) The plans and recommendations of the Division for future traffic safety activities.

B. Copies of the annual traffic report shall be provided to the Traffic Engineer and the Highway Safety Board.

§ 109-24 through § 109-26. (Reserved)