Salinas Municipal Code § 20-10 Same—Duties

There is hereby established in the police department a patrol and traffic division to be under the control of an official of police appointed by and directly responsible to the chief of police.

(Ord. No. 938 (NCS), § 22.)

* As to police generally, see Ch. 27 of this Code.

It shall be the duty of the patrol and traffic division with such aid as may be rendered by other members of the police department to enforce the street traffic regulations of the city and all of the state vehicle laws applicable to street traffic, to make arrests for traffic violations, to investigate traffic accidents, and to cooperate with the city traffic 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 to carry out those duties specially imposed upon the division by this chapter and the traffic ordinances and resolutions of the city.

(Ord. No. 938 (NCS), § 23.)

Whenever the accidents at any particular location become numerous, the patrol and traffic division shall cooperate with the city traffic engineer in conducting studies of such accidents and determining remedial measures.

(Ord. No. 938 (NCS), § 24.)

* For state law as to accidents generally, see Veh. C., §§ 2407, 2408, 20001 to 20015.

The police department 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 safety commission.

(Ord. No. 938 (NCS), § 25.)

* For state law as to accident reports generally, see Veh. C., §§ 2407, 20008 to 20015.

The police department shall annually prepare a traffic safety report which shall be filed with the city manager. Such report shall contain information on traffic matters in the city as follows:

(a) The number of traffic accidents, the number of persons killed, the number of persons injured, and other pertinent traffic accident data;

(b) The number of traffic accidents investigated and other pertinent data on the traffic safety activities of the police;

(c) The plans and recommendations of the department for the traffic safety activities.

(Ord. No. 938 (NCS), § 26.)

The office of city traffic engineer is hereby established.

In the absence of a city traffic engineer, the city engineer shall assume all duties and responsibilities of the city traffic engineer.

(Ord. No. 938 (NCS), § 27; Ord. No. 2191 (NCS), § 1.)

* As to administration generally, see Ch. 2 of this Code.

It shall be the general duty of the city traffic engineer to install, properly time, and maintain traffic-control devices and signals, to conduct engineering analyses of traffic accidents and to devise remedial measures, to conduct engineering investigations of traffic conditions and to cooperate with other city officials in the development of ways and means to improve traffic conditions, and to carry out the additional powers and duties imposed by ordinances and resolutions of this city.

(Ord. No. 938 (NCS), § 28.)