The citation module captures and indexes the information typically found on a "Traffic Citation". The citation module can also be linked to the Arrest Module as some jurisdictions use citations as a charging document for various criminal offenses. Information relating to Persons, Vehicles, Locations and Offenses (or Violations) are captured through a small easy to use and understand form. The form makes extensive use of user defined code tables and edits. From the Citation module you can easily create related Accidents, Incidents or other Citations.
The Person page of the Citation Module captures data about the person being cited. Name information is automatically linked to the Master Name Index, Vehicles to the Master Vehicle Index and Addresses to the Master Address index files. If the cited person was subsequently arrested you can create a new Arrest & Booking record with the click of a button.
The Vehicle page of the Citation Module captures data about the vehicle being
cited. Vehicle information is automatically linked to the Master
Vehicle Index. This page also provides fields to capture information about
the vehicle owner if it is different from the name information captured on the
person page.
The Offense page allows you to record an unlimited number of violations related
to the
Citation record. Each violation is selected from a pre-defined (user
customizable) offense code table. You can record a plea and disposition
against each violation.
The court info page allows you to indicate the court date, time assigned to the
citation and record any related fine amount, jail time or community service time
served associated with the citation. This basic information allows you track the
court results of a specific citation. In addition Citation records can be
exported to a text file for interface exchange into an external Municipal Courts
System.
Citation data can also be exported from Crimestar so that the data can be imported by external programs that use this data to provide other functions. Typically this is used to export citation data to a file that can be read and processed by third party Municipal Court Software. The file format for this export is provided in two easily read formats. A simple and generic fixed byte ASCII text file and an element based XML file are both automatically produced for maximum flexibility. The citation data elements included in these files is readily available and documented in the Crimestar Help File. This approach makes it easy for other vendors to program or build interfaces to import our RMS citation data directly into their respective systems.
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Citation records
are exported on demand into ASCII and XML files containing all the linked and
related data fields available for any given citation record. Once
Citation records are exported they are flagged so as to not be exported
again unless and until you wish to re-export them for any specific purpose. |
CREATE
A "TICKET" ON DEMAND
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Citation data can also be
used to create a "Ticket" which can be issued to a
violator. Crimestar provides a completely customizable template for
creating a "Ticket" directly from the Citation Module of RMS.
You can design the output for a wide variety of printer devices, and Crimestar does not necessarily recommend any specific hardware for this purpose. This sample ticket shown on the left, was designed for a 4" printer format. We designed and tested this template using a Zebra Road Warrior (RW420) 4" mobile/portable thermal printer (shown below). The device is BlueTooth capable so there is no need to attach/detach any printer cable on your computer.... Very Cool! |
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