The police department shall keep and maintain traffic records in respect to the following matters, such records to accumulate for a period of at least five (5) years and thereafter such records shall be maintained complete for at least the most recent five (5) year period:
A. The police department shall keep a record of all violations of traffic regulations (except standing or parking violations) of which any person has been charged, together with a record of the final disposition of all such cases.
B. The police department shall keep a record of all accidents investigated by the department and of the disposition of all cases where arrests and prosecutions of persons for causing or contributing to such accidents have been made.
C. The police department shall keep and maintain a record of the traffic accidents, warnings, arrests and convictions of each driver charged with violations of this title (except for violations of standing or parking regulations) which shall be filed alphabetically under the name of the driver concerned, and it shall be the duty of the police department to bring to the attention of the court, in the prosecution of any driver for a traffic violation, any record of prior violations charged against such driver so maintained by the department.
D. All records required to be kept under the provisions of this section shall be public records. (Ord. 744, 7-28-2009)