EE--CITATION SOLUTIONSCITATION SOLUTIONS

BEAU ELLIOT – UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA - CAPS

BRENDA RAY – WISCONSIN DISTRICT ATTORNEYS OFFICE

STEVE PRISOC – MODERATOR

STATE-BY-STATE

BREAKDOWN

NON-TRACS STATES

Alabama - UA CAPS

Arkansas - UA CAPS

Georgia – UA CAPS

Idaho - Advanced Public Safety (APS)

Illinois - Advanced Public Safety (APS)

TRACS STATES

Alaska

Arkansas

Florida

Iowa Illinois - Advanced Public Safety (APS)

Indiana TAG – The Auri Group, LLC

Kentucky – In House (KyOPS)

Maryland - Aether PacketCluster

Missouri - Advanced Public Safety (APS)

New Mexico - UA CAPS

Nevada – UA CAPS

North Carolina - In-House

Oregon - Advanced Public Safety (APS)

Utah - In-House

Wyoming – UA CAPS

Iowa

Nebraska

New Mexico

New York

North Dakota

Oklahoma

Pennsylvania

Tennessee

Wisconsin

TRACS STATES

ARE YOU READY FOR

E-CITATIONS?

• Does your state or jurisdiction have the technical capacity to actually exchange data?

• Does your state or jurisdiction have standardized t raffic citations and traffic code charge tables?

• Can your state or jurisdiction afford to refresh in -car • Can your state or jurisdiction afford to refresh in -car equipment every three-four years?

• Are your funding bodies (legislature, county commis sion, etc.) ready for recurring costs related to maintain ing e-citation data collection and distribution centers?

eCitations

in Wisconsin

Brenda RayWI District Attorney IT Program

September 21, 2011

Why TraCS?

• Electronic data collection tool (no more paper!)

• Common Data can be shared among forms

• Incorporating other technologies (ex: • Incorporating other technologies (ex: bar code scanners, GPS)

• Data can be submitted electronically to RMS, courts, prosecutors and DMV

• Helps DMV meet 10 day MCSIA deadline, for posting convictions

Who Benefits?

• Local law enforcement

• Courts

• Prosecutors• Prosecutors

• DOT

• DNR

Why it worked

• Buy in from stakeholders early in

the process

• Utilized existing, proven technology• Utilized existing, proven technology

• Statewide court system

• Statewide prosecutor system

• Basic web service for exchanges

Stats

• 450 - Law Enforcement Agencies

Trained and Licensed

• 385 (out of 580) - Agencies Submitting

Citations Electronically

• 80% of 2011Citations (UTC) Submitted

Electronically through TraCS – expecting

100% by Jan. 2014

• 68,000 – Average number of citations

submitted electronically per month

Funding

• Federal grants, notably Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration grants from the Commercial Driver’s Licensing Program Improvement grant program

• WI DMV also received NHTSA funds to develop OWI Tracking project, which helped create electronic information exchange for citations, including – Redesign of violation and withdrawal management

systems to update driver records with electronically transferred data

– Electronic transfer of court dispositions, withdrawals from circuit & municipal court

CCAP(statewide circuit

court system)

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TraCS

DOT Citation Tracking

PROTECT(statewide DA

system)

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Uniform Traffic Citations( ELCI )

DOT Citation Tracking

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No prosecution

Criminal complaint filed

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Benefits

• Data collection made easier, faster and more accurate

• No more bad handwriting to decipher• Fewer keying errors with validation rules• Fewer keying errors with validation rules• Data is entered once and then passed along

to all necessary partners.• No more paper!

What is the cost for TraCS?

• WI DOT pays an annual licensing fee

($35,000) for the whole state.

• Software is free to local law

enforcement. They just need an

MDC and printer in their squads.

• No fees are charged to recipients of

the citation data from the web

service.

Specific Benefits to DOT

• TraCS has allowed DOT to achieve significant

savings in both staff time and keying costs

since 2005. They are saving over $70,000

keying costs annually, as citations are reported

electronically to the DOT.

• Expanded use of TraCS and electronic data

exchange has allowed Wisconsin to comply with

49 CFR 384.209 which requires states to post

convictions on the record of a commercial

driver within ten days of adjudication.

National Association of Justice National Association of Justice

Information SystemsInformation SystemsNew Orleans, LA New Orleans, LA �� September 21, 2011September 21, 2011

A Comprehensive Traffic Records Data Architecture with an emphasis

on eCite

University of AlabamaUniversity of Alabama

Beau ElliottBeau ElliottCenter for Advanced Public Center for Advanced Public SafetySafetyUniversity of AlabamaUniversity of Alabama

Center for Advanced Public Safety

• 50 employees

– 4 faculty members

– 25 full-time software developers

– 7 ancillary staff members

– 15 student programming “interns”

University of AlabamaUniversity of Alabama

Dedicated to innovative, cutting-edge software development

FacultyPhD’s in computer science

DevelopersMost have M.S. in computer science

– 15 student programming “interns”

– 5 outside contractors

• Director + management staff

Most have M.S. in computer science

Some have B.S.

Some are working on M.S.

StudentsInterning with selected staff mentors

All are skilled in MS.NET

CAPS Partners & Sponsors

State of Alabama

Department of Revenue

Economic and Community Affairs

Department of Homeland Security

Administrative Office of Courts

Department of Transportation

Other StatesMississippi

Arkansas

New Mexico

Georgia

Wyoming

Nevada

Department of Public Safety

Department of Finance – ISD

Department of Human Resources

Department of Public Health

Board of Nursing

Alabama Criminal Justice Information

Center

Nevada

FederalFMCSA

NHTSA

Department of Justice

SELECTED APPLICATIONS

Mobile Officer Vision

provide a comprehensive & uniform mobile information solution

for every police officer in Alabama

Considerations�Agency & User Support�Agency & User Support

�Lack of Mobile Data Units in Field

�Complexity & Technical Competency

�Existing Technology

�Aligning Local Objectives & Statewide Strategy

�Funding

Mobile Officers Virtual Environment

MOVEMOVE

eCiteeCite eCrasheCrashULTRA ULTRA

Uniform Crime Uniform Crime ReportingReporting

LETSgoLETSgoNCIC NCIC

Mobile Mobile

Automatic Automatic Vehicle Vehicle Locator Locator

(AVL)(AVL)

License License Plate Plate

ReaderReader

(TRACE)(TRACE)

ASPENASPEN

Commercial Commercial Vehicle Vehicle

InformationInformation

Field Field Reporting/ Reporting/

SARSAR

Computer

Mag Strip/Bar Code Scanner

Printer

GPS

Benefits of eCite

• eCite Benefits All:

– Law enforcement

– Justice system

– Highway safety

– Research and analysis

Total Electronic Solution in Alabama:

• Issuance – via the eCite software on laptops in the officer’s

vehicles

• eTransmittal – via cellular air cards or hot spots

• eSwear – via a computer kiosk at the clerk’s office

• eFiling – via the integrated network - no mailing of hard

copiescopies

• ePayments – via credit card over the internet

• Statistical analyses – via secure password protected web

portal

Electronic Citations

• 2003 – project initiated

• 2005 – in production statewide

• 85,000 citations per month

• Birthed as companion to ASPEN w/ FMCSA

funding

• Non-UTC

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• Non-UTC

– For commercial vehicle credentialing violations

– Went live this year

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70%

80%

90%

100%Percent of Electronic Citations

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10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

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Court integration

• Completely paperless* at the state level

– Electronic transfer from officer laptop to central server

– Electronic swearing via fingerprinting at district court

– Electronic transfer to court RMS after swearing

– Adjudicated data electronically transferred to driver record at DPS

• Municipal court integration• Municipal court integration

– Hundreds of courts electronically “pull” citations from central server

into court RMS

– multiple vendors using web service to “pull” citations into local court

RMS

Law Enforcement View

• LE Query Engine for Alabama Data

• Features

– Driver’s license photos

– Vehicle tag & registration, criminal

history, warrants, etc

– Social network representation

– Data mining

• Very popular system –used to

solve many crimes

• Mobile CVIEW component –

FMCSA-CVISN funding

Prosecutor View

• Uses an AOC provided tool called AlaCourt

• Web-based system using SSL encryption and court provided

authentication mechanism

• Allows prosecutors to get specifics of a case, view PDF of

citation, and get more court related details

DATA ANALYSIS SYSTEMS

Data Center ArchitectureAlaData.Com

Field Data Collection

Public SafetyAdministrativeOffice of Courts

eCite UCR eCrashCourtSystem

RecordsRepository

CARE UCRRepository

Criminal JusticeInfo Center

CARE

• Data mining for traffic accidents

• Projects in 12 states• Projects in 12 states• Major system in AL• Evolved to Web-based portal with GIS

ADVANCE

• CEO Dashboard

– eCite

– eCrash

– eWeight

– Crime Reporting

• Deep Analysis & Search

• Mapping

Summary

• Alabama has done a tremendous amount of work in the last

10 years to enhance traffic safety in regards to electronic

citations

– Electronic issuance

– Electronic swearing

– Electronic filing with courts

– Electronic payments for violators

– Statistical analysis for multiple entities both state and local

Thank You!

Beau Elliott

University of Alabama

Center for Advanced Public Safety

250 Hackberry Lane

2010 Shelby Hall

University of AlabamaUniversity of Alabama

Rhonda Stricklin

University of Alabama

Center for Advanced Public Safety

250 Hackberry Lane

2010 Shelby Hall

Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0290

866 349 2273 http://caps.ua.edu

2010 Shelby Hall

Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0290

866 349 2273 http://caps.ua.edu

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