Be notified and respond to investigate any traffic collision which involves a Department vehicle or Department on-duty employee when there is a death resulting from any collision, pursuit, Code 9 - surveillance mode, and/or Code 3 operation;
Be notified and evaluate the need to respond and investigate any traffic collision which involves a Department vehicle or Department on-duty employee when there is complaint of pain, injury, death, substantial property damage, or any collision which results from a pursuit Code 9 - surveillance mode, and/or Code 3 Operation;
Be notified and evaluate the need to respond and investigate any traffic collision resulting in fatal injury or any persons in death-imminent status that occurred in an area where the investigation is the responsibility of the Department;
Staff the Department’s Traffic Collision Response Team;
Perform the staff responsibilities for the Executive Risk Review Committee;
Assist other units with the investigation of any traffic collision when collision reconstruction expertise is needed to support a complaint for vehicular manslaughter or other criminal charges;
Develop traffic-related Department policies and procedures;
Assist Training Bureau with the implementation and presentation of all formal traffic training programs;
Coordinate the Department's Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Program,
Provide stations/units with technical expertise for traffic collisions involving commercial vehicles or hazardous materials;
Approve the design of Notice to Appear (SH-CR-66) and Notice of Parking Violation (SH-CR-67) citations;
Develop standardized Department forms for traffic enforcement;
Review all traffic-related grant proposals;
Provide stations/units with technical assistance in traffic enforcement;
Provide stations/units with in-service traffic training;
Provide stations/units with assistance in analyzing traffic statistics;
Maintain all Department pursuit- and traffic-related data as well as distribute periodic statistical reports;
Maintain liaison with other traffic-related agencies;
Participate in command inspections of each station’s/unit’s traffic program;
Prepare and distribute indexed briefings on traffic-related issues;
Monitor all employee-involved traffic collision reports;
Develop educational programs addressing driving safety issues based on the tracking of collisions and vehicle incidents which identify groups and trends.