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Title 15 : Motor Vehicles, Traffic and Parking
Chapter 3 : Traffic Division

15-307 : Drivers' files to be maintained.

  1. The police department or the traffic division thereof shall maintain a suitable record of all traffic accidents, warnings, arrests, convictions and complaints reported for each driver, which shall be filed alphabetically under the name of the driver concerned.
  2. The traffic division shall study the cases of all the drivers charged with frequent or serious violations of the traffic laws or involved in frequent traffic accidents or any serious accident, shall attempt to discover the reasons therefor and shall take whatever steps are lawful and reasonable to prevent the violations or to have the licenses of such persons suspended or revoked.
  3. Records kept pursuant to this section shall accumulate during at least a five (5) year period and from that time on, such records shall be maintained complete for at least the most recent five (5) year period. (1973 Code, § 11-40)