§ 70.01  DUTY OF POLICE DEPARTMENT.
   It shall be the duty of the Police Department, under the direction of the Police Chief, to provide for the enforcement of the street traffic regulations of the town and all of the state vehicle laws applicable to street traffic in the town, to make arrests for traffic violations, to investigate accidents and to assist in developing ways and means to improve traffic conditions and to carry out all duties specially imposed upon the Police Chief by this chapter.
(1990 Code, § 12-1-1)