{"id":1784,"date":"2009-12-08T10:00:20","date_gmt":"2009-12-08T16:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.barcodesinc.com\/news\/?p=1784"},"modified":"2019-10-17T10:04:44","modified_gmt":"2019-10-17T16:04:44","slug":"6-chicago-counties-expedite-traffic-stops-with-fast-streamlined-ticket-printing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.barcodesinc.com\/news\/6-chicago-counties-expedite-traffic-stops-with-fast-streamlined-ticket-printing\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Illinois Counties Expedite Traffic Stops with Fast, Streamlined Ticket Printing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Challenge<\/strong>
\nNo one enjoys getting a traffic ticket. But at least the experience should be as quick and painless as possible for officers, citizens and administrative staff.<\/p>\n

That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the driving force behind an initiative in six greater Chicago area counties. Circuit court clerks from the counties of Kane, Will, DuPage, McHenry, Cook and DeKalb are switching to electronic citation systems to nearly eliminate data entry throughout the public safety and court systems.<\/p>\n

As the counties move from traditional handwritten tickets to generating tickets from mobile laptops, they need a way to print tickets legibly and without consuming too much space in squad cars. When one county tried an impact printer with pre-printed forms, the units required too much cab space and were nearly impossible to load straight, making them print illegibly.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The biggest complaint with the old printers was that they were constantly jamming or printed in the wrong spaces,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Tim Bosshart, Commander, Carpentersville Police Department.<\/p>\n

Solution<\/strong>
\nIn order to address these concerns, Kane County has turned to Zebra Technologies<\/a>. For the citation software, the counties use QuickTicket from APS. With it, officers issue citations via laptops, auto-populating an electronic version of the state\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s citation form. They can obtain data from motor vehicle queries, or from a swipe or scan of the offender\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s driver\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s license.<\/p>\n

That system reduces the time for officers to issue citations and eliminates the need for law enforcement to re-key data back at their office\u00e2\u20ac\u201dreplacing a time-consuming, error-prone process.<\/p>\n

When Kane County began looking for printers, it chose the Zebra\u00c2\u00ae RW 420 mobile printer<\/a> based on a recommendation by APS. Just over six inches wide, the direct thermal printers fit easily in squad cars\u00e2\u20ac\u201d on the floor under a laptop \u00e2\u20ac\u201c and are built to withstand the harsh demands of the field.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Zebra thermal printer<\/a> is more rugged, more compact and uses all the paper so we don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have waste,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Deborah Seyller, Clerk of the Circuit Court, Kane County.<\/p>\n

Results<\/strong>
\nNearly all city governments in Kane County are in the process of adopting the new system for traffic, parking, towing and other citations. Depending on the type of ticket, officers can print instructions for offenders narrowed down to the type of offense, such as details about notices to appear\u00e2\u20ac\u201deven in multiple languages. With more information on tickets than before, offenders have everything they need to know regarding next steps.<\/p>\n

Previously, the county purchased books of paper tickets. If an officer issued multiple tickets, the paper use added up quickly. Plus, because fields were static, any changes required by the state or municipality required them to reprint those forms.<\/p>\n

With the Zebra printer, officers can print all tickets together without any wasted paper. The county can also easily add fields in the software to include more information on tickets as needed.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The green aspect of printing is one of the biggest benefits. All the tickets are together so we save paper,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Seyller said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We also don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t lose money by having to throw away pre-printed forms when the state mandates a change.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

Offenders also no longer have the excuse of not being able to read tickets. Officers present printed tickets that are legible, which reduces confusion and calls to the police and county offices.<\/p>\n

In addition to the thermal printer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s compact in-car footprint, it has proven more durable than other printers that various municipalities have tried. Most importantly, simple printing on one continuous stream of paper reduces the time to issue citations, expediting traffic stops.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153After a successful trial of the Zebra printers, we are looking forward to rolling them out to the entire force,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Bosshart added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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