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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 city street traffic regulations and all of the state vehicle laws applicable to street traffic in this city, to make arrests for traffic violations, to investigate accidents and to cooperate with the City Traffic Engineer and other city officers 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 city traffic ordinances.
(1985 Code, § 9-4-1-28(b)(2)) (Ord. 4-1951, passed 4-17-1951)
The Police Department or its Traffic Division shall keep a record of all violations of the traffic ordinances of this city or of the state vehicle laws of which any person has been charged, together with a record of the final disposition of all those alleged offenses. That record shall be maintained to show all types of violations and the total of each. The record shall accumulate during at least a five year period and from that time on the record shall be maintained complete for at least the most recent five year period.
(1985 Code, § 9-4-1-28(b)(3)) (Ord. 4-1951, passed 4-17-1951)
It shall be the duty of the Traffic Division, assisted by other police officers of the Department, to investigate traffic accidents, to arrest and to assist in the prosecution of those persons charged with violations of law causing or contributing to such accidents.
(1985 Code, § 9-4-1-28(b)(5)) (Ord. 4-1951, passed 4-17-1951)
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.
(1985 Code, § 9-4-1-28(b)(6)) (Ord. 4-1951, passed 4-17-1951)
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 and Traffic Commission.
(1985 Code, § 9-4-1-28(b)(7)) (Ord. 4-1951, passed 4-17-1951)
The Traffic Division shall receive and properly file all accident reports made to it under state law or under any city ordinance, but all such accident reports made by drivers shall be for the confidential use of the Police Department, the City Traffic Engineer and the Traffic Commission, and no such report shall be admissible in any civil or criminal proceeding other than upon request of any person making such report or upon request of the court having jurisdiction to prove a compliance with the laws requiring the making of any such reports or as otherwise permitted by state law.
(1985 Code, § 9-4-1-28(b)(8)) (Ord. 4-1951, passed 4-17-1951)
The Police Department or its Traffic Division shall maintain a suitable record of all traffic accidents, warnings, arrests, convictions and complaints reported for each driver which shall be filed alphabetically under the name of the driver concerned.
(1985 Code, § 9-4-1-28(b)(9)) (Ord. 4-1951, passed 4-17-1951)
The Traffic Division shall study the cases of all the drivers charged with frequent or serious violations of the traffic laws or involved in frequent traffic accidents or any serious accident, shall attempt to discover the reasons therefor and shall take whatever steps are lawful and reasonable to prevent the same or to have the licenses of such persons suspended or revoked.
(1985 Code, § 9-4-1-28(b)(10)) (Ord. 4-1951, passed 4-17-1951)
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