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Article 11-2
ADMINISTRATIONSections:
11-2-1 Duty of Police Department
11-2-2 Records of Traffic Violations
11-2-3 Police Department to Investigate Accidents
11-2-4 Traffic Accident Studies
11-2-5 Traffic Accident Reports
11-2-6 Authority to Detain Persons to Serve Traffic Complaint
11-2-1 Duty of Police Department
It shall be the duty of the police department, under the direction of the police chief, to provide for the enforcement of the street traffic regulations of the town and all of the state vehicle laws applicable to street traffic in the town, to make arrests for traffic violations, to investigate accidents and to assist in developing ways and means to improve traffic conditions, and to carry out all duties specially imposed by this chapter.
11-2-2 Records of Traffic Violations
A. The police department, under the direction of the police chief, shall keep a record of all violations of the traffic laws of the town or of the state vehicle laws of which any person has been charged, together with a record of the final disposition of all such alleged violations.
B. All forms for records of violations and notices shall be serially numbered. For each month and year a written record shall be kept available to the public showing the disposal of all such forms.
C. All records and reports shall be public records.
11-2-3 Police Department to Investigate Accidents
It shall be the duty of the police department, under the direction of the police chief, to investigate traffic accidents and to arrest and assist in the prosecution of those persons charged with violations of law causing or contributing to such accidents.
11-2-4 Traffic Accident Studies
Whenever the accidents at any particular location become numerous, the police chief shall conduct studies of such accidents and determine remedial measures.
11-2-5 Traffic Accident Reports
A. The police department, under the direction of the police chief, shall maintain a suitable system of filing traffic accident reports. Accident reports or cards referring to them shall be filed alphabetically by location in the same manner as other department reports.
B. The police department, under the direction of the police chief, shall receive and properly file all accident reports made to it under state law or under any law of the town. All such accident reports made by drivers shall be for the confidential use of the town. 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 compliance with the laws requiring the making of any such report.
11-2-6 Authority to Detain Persons to Serve Traffic Complaint
Any peace officer or duly authorized agent of the town may stop and detain a person as is reasonably necessary to investigate an actual or suspected violation of this code, and to serve a copy of the traffic complaint for any alleged civil or criminal violation of said code.
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