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Establishment of Traffic Division. There is established in the police department of the city a traffic division to be under the control of an officer of police appointed by and directly responsible to the chief of police.
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Duty of Traffic Division. 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 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 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 the division by this title and the traffic ordinances of the city.
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Traffic Accident Studies. 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.
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Traffic Accident Reports. The traffic division shall maintain a suitable system of filing traffic accident reports. Such reports shall be available for the use and information of the city traffic engineer.
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Traffic Safety Report. The traffic division shall annually prepare in cooperation with the city traffic engineer a traffic report which shall be filed with the city council. Such a report shall contain information on traffic matters in the city as follows:
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The number of traffic accidents, the number of persons killed, the number of persons injured, and other pertinent traffic accident data;
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The number of traffic accidents investigated and other pertinent data on the safety activities of the police;
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The plans and recommendations of the division for future traffic safety activities.
(Prior code § 5-1.26)
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Office Established. The office of city traffic engineer is established.
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Powers and Duties—Delegation. It shall be the general duty of the city traffic engineer to determine the installation and proper timing and maintenance of 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 ordinances of the city. Whenever, by the provisions of this title a power is granted to the city traffic engineer or a duty imposed upon him or her, the power may be exercised or the duty performed by his or her designee.
(Prior code § 5-1.27; Ord. 2165 § 1, 2017)
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Advisory Committee Established. There is established an advisory traffic committee to serve without compensation, consisting of the city traffic engineer, the chief of police, the city attorney and such number of other persons as may be determined and appointed by the city council. The committee shall annually elect a chair from its membership and adopt such rules and regulations as may be necessary in the conduct of its business.
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Duties. It shall be the duty of the traffic committee to assist in coordinating the activities of all officers and agencies of the city having authority with respect to the administration or enforcement of traffic regulations; to assist in coordinating the traffic safety programs and efforts of all groups and individuals; to stimulate and assist in the preparation and publication of traffic reports; to recommend to the legislative body of the city ways and means for improving traffic regulations; and to stimulate and assist in the formulation and operation of educational programs related to traffic safety.
(Prior code § 5-1.28)