It shall be the duty of the officers of the Police Department,
or such officers as are assigned by the Chief of Police, to enforce
all provisions of this chapter and all of the State vehicle laws applicable
to street traffic in the Town.
(1971 Code, sec. 15-3)
Officers of the Police Department, or such officers as are assigned
by the Chief of Police, are hereby authorized to direct all traffic
by voice, hand or signal in conformance with this chapter and other
traffic laws. In the event of fire or other emergency, or to expedite
traffic or to safeguard pedestrians, officers of the Police Department
may direct traffic as conditions may require notwithstanding the provisions
of this chapter and other traffic laws.
(1971 Code, sec. 15-4)
Officers of the Fire Department, when at the scene of a fire,
may direct or assist the Police in directing traffic thereat or in
the immediate vicinity.
(1971 Code, sec. 15-5)
No person shall willfully fail or refuse to comply with any
lawful order or direction of a Police Officer or Fire Department official
given to direct or control traffic as authorized in this chapter.
(1971 Code, sec. 15-6)
(a)
The Town Secretary shall provide books to include traffic citation
forms for notifying alleged violators to appear and answer to charges
of violating traffic laws and ordinances in the Municipal Court of
this Town. Such books shall include serially numbered sets of citations
in duplicate in the form prescribed and approved jointly by the Town
Attorney and the Chief of Police.
(b)
The Town Secretary shall issue such books to the Chief of Police
or his duly authorized agent and shall maintain a record of every
book so issued and shall require a written receipt for every such
book.
(c)
The Chief of Police shall be responsible for the issuance of such
books to individual members of the Police Department. The Chief of
Police shall require a written receipt for every book so issued and
shall maintain a record of every such book and each set of citations
contained therein.
(1971 Code, sec. 15-26)
Upon the filing of a complaint in the Municipal Court of this
Town for a traffic violation, the complaint may be disposed of only
by trial in such court or by other official action by a Judge of such
Court, including forfeiture of bail or payment of a fine to the Traffic
Violations Bureau of the Court.
(1971 Code, sec. 15-30)
(a)
The Chief of Police shall maintain or cause to be maintained, in
connection with every traffic citation issued by a member of the Police
Department, a record of the disposition of the charge by the Municipal
Court.
(b)
The Chief of Police shall maintain or cause to be maintained a record
of all warrants issued by the Municipal Court on traffic violation
charges and which are delivered to the Police Department for service,
and of the final disposition of all such warrants.
(1971 Code, sec. 15-31)
It shall be unlawful and official misconduct for any member
of the Police Department or other officer or public employee to dispose
of, alter or deface a traffic citation or any copy thereof, or the
record of the issuance or disposition of any traffic citation, complaint
or warrant, in a manner other than as required in this chapter.
(1971 Code, sec. 15-32)
