[Code 1980 §15-27; CC 1990 §15-51]
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.
[Code 1980 §15-27; CC 1990 §15-52]
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 and the traffic ordinances of the City.
[Code 1980 §15-27; CC 1990 §15-53]
A.
The Police
Department or the Traffic Division thereof 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. Such 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.
[Code 1980 §15-27; CC 1990 §15-81]
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.
[Code 1980 §15-27; CC 1990 §15-82]
Whenever the accidents at any particular location become numerous,
the Traffic Division shall cooperate with the City Traffic Engineer
in conducting studies of such accidents and determining remedial measures.
[Code 1980 §15-27; CC 1990 §15-83]
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 Traffic Engineer.
[Code 1980 §15-27; CC 1990 §15-54]
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.
[Code 1980 §15-27; CC 1990 §15-55]
A.
The Traffic
Division shall annually prepare a traffic report which shall be filed
with the Mayor. 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.
A.
The office
of City Traffic Engineer is established. The Director of Public Works
or other designated City official shall serve as City Traffic Engineer
in addition to his/her other functions and shall exercise the powers
and duties with respect to traffic as provided in this Title.
B.
The City
Traffic Engineer shall determine the installation and proper timing
and maintenance of traffic control devices, conduct engineering analyses
of traffic accidents and devise remedial measures, conduct engineering
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.
A.
The Chief
of Police by and with the approval of the City Traffic Engineer 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.
