(A) General. In addition to its other activities, it shall be the duty of the Police Department to enforce the street traffic regulations of this town and all state vehicle laws applicable to street traffic in this town; to make arrests for traffic violations; to investigate all traffic accidents and make reports on accident report forms; to maintain a system of filing accident records and records of all arrests and warnings; to cooperate with other officials of the town for the improvement of traffic conditions; and to file an annual report with the Town Council concerning the number of traffic accidents, the number of moving violation and parking violation arrests, and other data required by the Town Council of the traffic activities of his or her office.
(B) Authority to remove vehicles.
(1) The Police Department shall have the right to remove or cause to be removed any vehicle from any street or highway that may be abandoned, unlawfully parked or found to constitute a hazard to safety, where the owner or person in charge of such vehicle cannot be found or is unable to act, and, if necessary, for such purpose may use such force as may be necessary to enter such vehicle and cause the same to be placed in condition to be moved, and may employ any reputable person, engaged in the business of towing or storing vehicles, for such purposes.
(2) Any person employed by the Police Department to remove any vehicle, as provided in this section, shall exercise reasonable and ordinary care in so doing, and shall provide storage facilities therefor as required by law of bailees for hire and for such service and storage shall have a lien on such vehicle for the reasonable value of the charges for such towage, labor and storage, and to the enforcement of the same as provided by law.
(1991 Code, § 70.10)