DEVICE TO SPEED TICKET WRITING TESTED LOCALLY.Byline: Cecilia Chan Staff Writer VENTURA - Hoping to do away with pen and paper to write traffic tickets, the California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. will use Ventura County to test palm-size computerized citation-issuing devices. The CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan hopes to save time and increase safety with the new system that will also be tested in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County. ``It will speed things up and (provide) more convenience and safety,'' said CHP Sgt. Terry Roberts The Hon Terry Roberts (born c. 1945 - died 18 February, 2006) was a member of the South Australian Legislative Council between 1985 and 2006. At the time of his death, he was a Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation and Correctional Services in the South Australian in Sacramento. Officers will have ``the ability to run people's records through the DMV DMV abbr. Department of Motor Vehicles without going to their radio or computer in the car . . . (and) officers won't have to be out in traffic quite as long if they can write the tickets in less time.'' CHP officials from Sacramento are due in Ventura on Wednesday to sign papers to kick start the first phase of the project in October, which will involve preparations to bring the system online. By the time the computer systems are hooked up, officers should be getting the hand-held devices by December 2001, officials said. ``We are really excited about the opportunity and really honored by being asked by the CHP to participate in this,'' said Margie Borjon-Miller, deputy executive officer of the Ventura County Superior Court, the lead agency in the pilot program. ``Ventura County Superior Court has been nationally recognized for a lot of innovative and particularly technological projects.'' The new technology would allow officers to automatically download the ticket to the court's computer and the CHP's system for analysis, Borjon-Miller said. Under the existing system, a paper ticket takes seven to 10 days to reach the court, and then needs to be input to the court computer, she said. Ventura County's CHP station of 64 officers issue between 5,120 and 6,400 tickets a month, officials said. The county received a $4 million state grant to start the pilot program, which covers the cost for 500 electronic devices, hardware, software and maintenance. Each automated citation Citation (foaled 1945) U.S. Thoroughbred racehorse. In four seasons he won 32 of 45 races, finished second in ten, and third in two. He won the 1948 Triple Crown, and became the first horse to win $1 million. He set a world record in 1950 by running a mile in 1:33 3/5. device costs $3,500. Ventura County also was used by the CHP to test similar devices in 1991-92, Borjon-Miller said. But at that time the fast-paced changes in technology quickly made the tested devices outdated out·dat·ed adj. Out-of-date; old-fashioned. outdated Adjective old-fashioned or obsolete Adj. 1. , she said. ``It's a good tool,'' said Ventura County CHP spokesman Officer David Webb David Webb can refer to:
``It's beneficial, but computers don't always work, that is the problem,'' he cautioned. ``If it's not working, you are out there longer writing a ticket.'' |
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