What does
E-Citation mean to your department? |
Enhances Officer's Safety - Being struck by a vehicle is the third leading cause of death for on-duty police officers. By enabling officers to clear traffic stops from three to five times faster, E-Citation gets them back on the road - and out of harm's way - that much more quickly.
Improves Agency Efficiency - By cutting the duration of the typical citation from 10-15 minutes down to as little as two or three minutes, E-Citation manufactures Patrol Hours. Even the smallest departments can realize big productivity improvements and correspondingly large financial savings. An agency with 20 patrol officers, writing just five citations daily and saving - conservatively - five minutes per citation would realize 1,600 hours of additional patrol time annually, equivalent to another full-time officer on patrol! And that doesn't count the hours of data entry personnel made available for deployment into other jobs.
Dramatically Reduces Errors - Digital citations eliminate the need for clerical re-entry and editing, not to mention the problems associated with indecipherable handwriting. Fewer touches mean fewer errors - and more convictions. Available bar code scanning can eliminate up to 200 keystrokes per traffic citation, each keystroke a potential error avoided. Easy "Wizard" organization of data entry, complete with statute pick lists cut errors and boost conviction rates even more.
Increases Municipal Revenue - According to a recent Florida State University study, the typical manual citation takes 12 days to process. Reducing that to a matter of a few hours - or a few seconds - accelerates the payment of fines. And since E-Citation eliminates most data entry and statute selection errors, the number of lost convictions shrinks dramatically and income from fines grows proportionately. And since E-Citation is, by far, the most cost-efficient solution available, your municipality will see bottom line results much more quickly.
Protects the Environment - The elimination of paper-based citations - as many as four copies per citation, depending on the municipality - cuts the cost of supplies, while cutting down fewer trees. |