There is established in the police department of this city a
traffic division to be under the control of an officer of police appointed
and directly responsible to the chief of police.
(Prior code § 6111)
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 traffic regulations of this city and all of the state vehicle
laws applicable to traffic in this city, to make arrests for traffic
violations, to investigate traffic 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 said
division by this chapter and the traffic ordinances of this city.
(Prior code § 6112)
Whenever the accidents at a particular location become numerous,
the traffic division shall cooperate with the city traffic engineer
in conducting studies of such accidents and determining remedial measures.
(Prior code § 6113)
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.
(Prior code § 6114)
The traffic division shall annually prepare a traffic report
which shall be filed with the city council. 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 recommendation of the division for future traffic safety
activities.
(Prior code § 6115)
The office of the city traffic engineer is established. The
city engineer of this city shall serve as city traffic engineer in
addition to his other functions and shall exercise the powers and
duties with respect to traffic as provided in this chapter.
(Prior code § 6116)
It shall be the general duty of the city traffic engineer to
determine the installation and proper timing and maintenance to traffic
control devices and signals, to conduct engineering analyses of traffic
accidents, and to devise remedial measures; to conduct engineering
and traffic investigations of traffic conditions and to cooperate
with other city officials in the development of ways and means to
improve traffic conditions; and to carry out the additional powers
and duties imposed by the ordinances of this city.
(Prior code § 6117)
