10.12.010 Police Department powers and duties

10.12.010 Police Department powers and duties.

The Police Department shall:

A. Enforce the provisions of this traffic code and all the state vehicle laws applicable to street traffic in this City, make arrests for traffic violations, investigate traffic accidents and cooperate with the City 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 carry out those duties imposed upon said Department by this chapter; and

B. Cooperate with the City Engineer in conducting studies of high accident frequency locations and determining remedial measures; and

C. Maintain a suitable system of filing required traffic accident reports. Accidents, reports or cards referring to them shall be filed chronologically. Such reports shall be available for the use and information of the City Engineer; and

D. Prepare annually a traffic report which shall be filed with the City Council. Such a report shall contain information on traffic matters in this City as follows:

1. The number of traffic accidents, the number of people killed, the number of persons injured and other pertinent traffic accident data,

2. The number of traffic accidents investigated and other pertinent data on the safety activities of the Police Department,

3. The plans and recommendations of the Department for future traffic safety activities. (Ord. 2670 § 1, 1996; Ord. 973 § 1, 1966; prior code § 19.2.1).