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11.08.010 Chapter 11.08 TRAFFIC ADMINISTRATION Sections: 11.08.010 Police Administration 11.08.020 City Traffic Engineer 11.08.030 Traffic Committee 11.08.010 Police Administration: A. Establishment Of Traffic Division: There is established in the police depart- ment of the city a traffic division to be under the control of an officer of police appointed by and directly responsible to the chief of police. B. Duty Of Traffic Division: 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 the city and all of the state vehicle laws applicable to street traffic in the 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 the division by this title and the traffic ordinances of the city. C. Traffic Accident Studies: Whenever the accidents at any particular location become numerous, the traffic division shall cooperate with the city traffic engi- neer in conducting studies of such acci- dents and determining remedial measures. D. Traffic Accident Reports: The traf- fic division shall maintain a suitable sys- tem of filing traffic accident reports. Such reports shall be available for the use and information of the city traffic engineer. E. Traffic Safety Report: The traffic division shall annually prepare in cooper- ation with the .city traffic engineer a traf- fic report which shall be filed with the city council. Such a report shall contain information on traffic matters in the city as follows: 1. The number of traffic accidents, the number of persons killed, the number of persons injured, and other pertinent traffic accident data; 2. The number of traffic accidents in- vestigated and other pertinent data on the safety activities of the police; 3. The plans and recommendations of the division for future traffic safety activi- ties. (Prior Code § 5-1.26) 11.08.020 City Traffic Engineer: A. Office Established: The office of city traffic engineer is established. The duector of public works shall serve as city traffic engineer in addition to his other functions, and shall exercise the powers and duties with respect to traffic as provided in this title. B. Powers And Duties-Delegation: It shall be the general duty of the city traffic engineer to determine the installation and proper timing and maintenance of traffic control devices and signals, to conduct engineering analyses of traffic accidents and to devise remedial measures, to con- duct engineering and traffic investigations of traffic conditions and to cooperate with other city officials in the development of ways and means to improve traffic condi- tions, and to carry out the additional powers and duties 256-1 (Pleasanton February 2002)