[Ch. 19 §19.201]
It shall be the duty of the Police Department to enforce the
traffic regulations of this municipality and all of the State vehicle
laws applicable to street traffic in this municipality; to make arrest(s)
for traffic violations; to investigate accidents and to cooperate
with other officers of the municipality 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 department
by this Title and other traffic ordinances of this City.
A.
The
Police Department 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
such records and reports shall be maintained as required by Missouri
law.
[Ch. 19 §19.203]
It shall be the duty of the Police Department to investigate
accidents, to arrest and to assist in the prosecution of those persons
charged with violations of law causing or contributing to such accidents.
[Ch. 19 §19.204]
The Chief of Police 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
regulations shall remain in force for more than ninety (90) days.
