A. Division Established; Police Administration: There is hereby 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.
B. Powers And Duties: 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 especially imposed upon the division by this title and the traffic ordinances of the city.
C. 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 the accidents and determining remedial measures.
D. Accident Reports: 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. The reports shall be available for the use and information of the city traffic engineer. (Ord. 659, 3-13-1967; amd. 2000 Code)