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2.40. 010 Established.

There is established in the police department of this city a traffic division to be under the control of the chief of police. (Prior code § 19-32)

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2.40. 020 Duties generally.

It shall be the duty of the traffic division with such aid as may be rendered by other members of the police department to enforce the street traffic regulations of this city and all of the state vehicle laws applicable to street traffic in this city, 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 such division by this code and other traffic ordinances and resolutions of this city. (Prior code § 19-33)

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2.40. 030 Emergency response cost recovery.

A. Definition. "Expense of an emergency response" means those incurred by the city in making appropriate emergency response to the incident, and shall be comprised of all costs directly arising because of the response to the particular incident, including, but not limited to the cost of providing police, fire-fighting, rescue, and emergency medical services at the scene of the incident, as well as salaries of the personnel responding to the incident.

B. Program. Pursuant to the authority vested in the city by state statute, each person who is under the influence of an alcoholic beverage or any drug, or the combined influence of an alcoholic beverage and any drug, whose negligent operation of a motor vehicle, boat, vessel or aircraft caused by that influence proximately causes any incident resulting in an appropriate emergency response, or whose intentionally wrongful criminal act proximately causes any incident resulting in appropriate emergency response, shall pay to the city the expense of such an emergency response. In no event shall a person's liability under this section exceed the maximum allowable under state statute, and all costs assessed pursuant to this section shall reasonably relate to the actual cost of the expense incurred by the city.

C. Collection of Costs. The expense of an emergency response shall be charged against the person liable for the expenses under this section. The charge constitutes a debt of that person to the city, and is collectible by the city in the same manner as in the case of an obligation under a contract, expressed or implied. (Prior code § 19-33)

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2.40. 040 Studies of areas where accidents occur frequently.

Whenever the accidents at any particular location become numerous, the traffic division shall cooperate with the city traffic engineer in conducting studies of such accidents and determining remedial measures. (Prior code § 19-34)

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2.40. 050 Filing accident reports.

The traffic division shall maintain a suitable system of filing traffic accident reports. Such reports shall be available for the use and information of the city traffic engineer. (Prior code § 19-35)

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2.40. 060 Annual traffic safety report.

The traffic division shall annually prepare a traffic report which shall be filed with the city manager. Such a report shall contain information on traffic matters in this 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 safety activities of the police department.

C. The plans and recommendations of the division for future traffic safety activities. (Prior code § 19-36)

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