The primary function of the Traffic Division is to facilitate the safe and effective movement of traffic through the City of Rancho Cucamonga.

The Rancho Cucamonga Police Department Traffic Division consists of two sergeants, sixteen deputies, and two service specialists. Currently they utilize twelve motorcycles, two traffic service trucks and three patrol cars.

There are a variety of special focus areas each employee is responsible for:

Traffic Division Sergeants

• Overall supervisors of the Traffic Division personnel, projects and special assignments. Sergeants review traffic collision reports and citations for accuracy and thoroughness; they assign follow-up investigation when necessary.

• Responsible for the effective deployment of available resources to known problem areas as well as to areas where statistics project problems may occur.

• Coordinates the Traffic Division involvement in annual events such as the Founders’ Day Parade, Ho-Ho Parade, Christmas Lights traffic flow, July 4th traffic flow, California Speedway Ingress/Egress as it affects the City.

• Both sergeants are Traffic Accident Reconstruction Specialists.

• Both are motorcycle trained and ride when time permits.

• Supervise the Major Accident Investigation Team. (MAIT)

• Responsible for acquiring and overseeing traffic related federal grants.

• Promotes quality law enforcement and positive interaction with the community.

Traffic Division Deputies

• Deputies are primarily responsible for investigating traffic collisions and enforcement of traffic laws. There are currently ten deputies assigned to enforce traffic laws on motorcycles; six in cars, two of those dedicated to “driving under the influence” enforcement.

• They work closely with the city traffic engineers and other agencies/departments in identifying potential problems with regards to traffic flow. Using Community Oriented Police Problem Solving (COPPS) concepts, they direct available resources to resolve any potentially hazardous situation.

• The use of motorcycles in the City allows faster response by officers to traffic collision scenes. The motorcycles can easily navigate through congested streets and arrive at the traffic collision before a patrol car could. The motorcycle officers can then coordinate resources for the protection of the people involved.

• Motorcycle Officers are tasked with enforcing the vehicle code. The primary focus of enforcement is to prevent injury traffic collisions. The enforcement areas are identified using statistical data from recent traffic collisions. A secondary enforcement response was a result of citizen complaints over safety concerns.

• Two deputies are assigned to the Driving Under the Influence (D.U.I.) unit. They are responsible for the aggressive prosecution of DUI drivers, concentrating primarily during nighttime hours. However, anytime during the day or night, DUI drivers will be actively sought out as a hazard to the community.

Service Specialist

• The Service Specialist’s primary duty is investigating non-injury traffic collisions. This enables traffic deputies to remain free to conduct enforcement activities and to respond to higher priority calls for service. The Service Specialist also responds to low priority crime reports that have few or no investigative leads.

• The Service Specialist has a myriad of secondary duties. These include abandon vehicle abatement, parking code violations including handicapped, fire lane, red curb, fire hydrant, and so on. They are relied upon to direct traffic at traffic collision scenes or other major incidents.

• Additional duties include conducting “tow hearings” as provided by the California Vehicle Code, fingerprinting applicants for various jobs throughout the community, Record keeping of various projects in the Traffic Division and doing the necessary reports as required.

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