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    2010 Senate Bill 2463 (RELATING TO ELECTRONIC TRAFFIC CITATIONS)

    Introduced in the Senate on January 21, 2010

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    Re: 2010 Senate Bill 2463 (RELATING TO ELECTRONIC TRAFFIC CITATIONS)

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    The direction of senate Bill 2463 will without question save taxpayers millions while creating safer roads. One area overlooked is officer safety. Another are is in house development or hiring an outside firm. We know of few successfully developed and implemented in house systems. Beyond this obstacle we have major challenges in the area of officer safety, and the need for electronic crash reporting is a factor.

    Mobile computers, smart devices such as handhelds are a valuable addition to law enforcement personnel. These devices provide critical information about potential suspects or violators. At the same time in car computers have also created additional challenges by significantly increasing the number of accidents or ‘near misses’ out on the road. Also, technology can create distractions resulting in loss of life. Many documented cases can be found showing minor distraction have resulted in criminals getting an upper hand on a distracted officer.  Any agency that has experienced an accident or death involving a patrol vehicle knows the serious financial and legal impact that it can have.

    Any good ticket system must deal with this important challenge.  With safety technology installed on a mobile computer, an officer can have the ability to enter a license plate into any existing mobile software and never have to look at the computer screen.  This type of software will provide clear verbal response to the officer of the critical components included in the files returned from NCIC, State and Local Databases – and shared data from other departments. Critical information such as expired tags, suspended driver licenses, stolen vehicles, warrant hits, etc.  This is a text-to-speech engine that will not read everything in the files.  It will only verbally respond the critical information (specified by each police department) so as an officer approaches a suspect vehicle they will already know the information needed to handle the situation appropriately.  The software should be customized to add key words and meet the needs of any law enforcement agency. Safety systems should also fully capable of appending key department policy statements with key words.  In short when “stolen vehicle” appears and is read back to the officer verbally, applicable policy statements can also be voiced back. In the case of a stolen vehicle departments may want officers alerted with “Call Backup Immediately” instructions to comply with department policy.  

     The feedback that officers have received from agencies utilizing this type of software showed, on average, the following results:

    ·       The number of accidents is significantly reduced

    ·       An increase in the number of safe traffic stops due to advanced notification of critical information

    ·       Officers ran approximately 50% more mobile queries per shift resulting in:

    ·       A 70% increase in citations issued or ‘problems’ identified => leading to

    ·       A 40% increase in the number of arrests overall

     

    In general, these agencies have found that if they were able to avoid accidents overall (including loss of vehicle, insurance premiums, legal fees) the software had essentially justified every return on investment theory, and that did not even take into consideration the additional benefits/ROI of increased traffic tickets and revenue.

     

    Overall, SafetyFirst has provided safer working conditions for law enforcement officers by providing them with critical information in real time.  It allows them to maintain focus and attention on a vehicle in front of them, rather than on a laptop computer screen.

     

    I-Citation Electronic Ticketing / With Crash Reporting

     

    As mentioned above, the mobile computers allow officers to run NCIC, State, and Local checks on individuals and their vehicles.  With the addition of Safety First, the information led to greater efficiencies for officers who started to run a higher volume of queries, which in turn contributed to writing an increased number of citations by officers.  Officers realize that the majority of information that is necessary to complete a ticket, is the same information that has been already returned in the files contained in a query. In order to simplify the process, we are able to capture the appropriate information from a mobile query and auto-populate traffic tickets that are used by officers on patrol.  IyeTek can create an electronic version of a handwritten ticket used by a department.

    The iyeTek electronic ticket system enables law enforcement agencies to meet ever-growing data collection and reporting requirements without compromising safety, accuracy, or effectiveness.  Electronic tickets essentially replace conventional tickets with thermal in car printers, and mobile computers.  The software is intuitive for the officers making it very simple and efficient for them to complete the information.  Citations can be completed and printed with only a few keyboard strokes and in less than 30 seconds.   The resulting ticket is accurate, and completely legible.  Tickets with enhanced legibility will eliminate much of the discrepancies that can lead to contested tickets being waived or overturned.   In Miami-Dade County, a judge estimated that approximately 20-30% of all citations were thrown out due to errors, legibility, and incomplete information leading to millions of dollars in lost revenue for the county.

     

    Table #1 – Savings related to implementation of iyeTek solutions  (Avg. of sample departments)

     

    Traffic Stop Savings                                                           Back End Savings

    Ave.Time Saved:   8 Minutes per stop                               Total Citations:          20,000               

    Stops per Day:  10                                                              20% Error:                 4,000

    Days per Year: 300                                                            Fine Per Citation:         $75

    # of Officers:                10                                                 Lost Income:        $300,000

    Time Saved:                 240,000 Minutes

                                           4,000 Hours IyeTek Data

     

    IyeTek Data with Crash Reporting

     

    The final component of a completely integrated electronic forms system takes the data captured by an officer and electronically transfers it to any data collection system.  Reports can then be generated from the data gathered by these systems and evaluated. The two benefits of electronic data capture is the elimination of data re-entry and the associated errors and the real-time access to the information.  From the officer perspective, it does not require them to gather or process any additional information out in the field.

     

    Once a ticket or crash report is printed or saved, iyeTek has the ability to send the necessary information to any Database Management System utilizing iyeTek data.  iyeTek Data captures the data entered on a ticket and coverts it to a file format for the receiving database.  The iyeTek software eliminates the need for duplicate data entry and provides for a 100% accurate and reliable method of moving data from tickets directly into other court and law enforcement record systems. IyeTek Data also integrates with TicketScan when violator signature capture is a local requirement. 

     

    The total savings realized by implementing iyeTek Data is dependant on a variety of factors including:   the volume of forms being processed, the time required to input and process each form, the wages and benefits paid to clerical workers whose sole job is data entry and processing.  Most agencies find that these employees performing data entry can be utilized in areas that are more strategic to the department.

     

    Overall, electronic forms systems can effectively assist an Hawaii in reducing its costs through greater efficiencies – and this does not even take into consideration the revenue increases from submitting completely accurate forms.

     

    Summary

    iyeTek's next generation technologies to ensure Hawaii agencies are provided with the most up to date innovations.  Our officers and technical staff are continuously improving our applications and doing R & D on the newest technology available.  Chris Hood 888.949.3835 Ext 703

     

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