[R.O. 1992 § 800.020; Ord. No.
1796-00 § 1, 8-1-2000]
A.
The Police Department of this City shall have the responsibility
of enforcing the provisions of the Traffic Code herein. Each Officer
of the Police Department shall have the duties and responsibilities
of enforcement of the Traffic Code Provisions. Officers of the Police
Department shall have the power and authority to issue tickets and/or
arrest persons in violation of any City Ordinance or Section of Code,
as those powers are conferred upon such Officers by the Missouri Revised
Statutes, Supreme Court Rules and Code herein.
B.
Police Officers are authorized to direct traffic by voice, hand or
signal as conditions may require, notwithstanding the provisions of
this Traffic Code.
C.
Members of the Fire Department, when at the scene of an emergency,
may direct or assist the Police in directing traffic in the vicinity
of such emergency.
D.
No person shall willfully fail or refuse to comply with any lawful
order of a Police Officer or Fire Department Official.
[R.O. 1992 § 800.030; Ord. No.
1796-00 § 1, 8-1-2000; Ord. No. 2401-11 § 1, 4-5-2010]
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-year period and from that
time on the record shall be maintained complete for at least 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 available to the public showing the disposal of all such forms.
C.
All such records and reports shall be public records.
[R.O. 1992 § 800.040; Ord. No.
1796-00 § 1, 8-1-2000]
The Chief of Police is hereby empowered to make regulations
necessary to make effective the provisions of the traffic ordinances
of this City and to make and enforce such 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.
[R.O. 1992 § 824.030; Ord. No.
1796-00 § 1, 8-1-2000; Ord. No. 2401-11 § 1, 4-5-2010]
It shall be the duty of the Police Department to investigate
traffic collisions and incidents involving motor vehicles resulting
in injuries or property damage of any nature and to charge persons
with violations of this Traffic Code for actions which may have caused
or contributed to cause such collision or incident.
[R.O. 1992 § 824.040; Ord. No.
1796-00 § 1, 8-1-2000; Ord. No. 2401-11 § 1, 4-5-2010]
A.
The Police Department 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 collisions, 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 Department for future safety
activities.
