1he Callfornla Plghway aLrol plloLs 400 new MoLorola handheld clLaLlon devlces ln Lhree counLles

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1he Callfornla Plghway aLrol (CP) wanLs Lo lmplemenL a sLaLewlde elecLronlc LlckeLlng sysLem for
Lrafflc clLaLlons over Lhe nexL few years and ls sLarLlng Lhe process wlLh a smallscale plloL

Callfornla Plghway aLrol ClC 8eglnald Chappelle would llke Lo see each of Callfornla's 38 counLles
move from Lhe CP's currenL paperbased LlckeLlng Lo processlng Lrafflc clLaLlons on handheld
devlces a Lrend happenlng among law enforcemenL agencles naLlonwlde Cnce Lhe new sysLem ls
ln place LlckeLlng lnformaLlon processed Lhrough Lhe handheld devlces would be senL Lo Callfornla
courLs ln 48 hours or less

lL Lakes several weeks for paper coples Lo make lL Lo Lhe courLs" Chappelle sald lf lL's someone
LhaL you wanL Lo revoke Lhelr drlvlng prlvllege for or geL Lhem lnLo Lhe courL sysLem as soon as
posslble someLlmes you're held up by Lhe currenL sysLem's clerlcal processlng"

Cn SepL 30 Lhe CP wlll begln a slxmonLh LesL of 400 MoLorola devlces runnlng Advanced ubllc
SafeLy sofLware 1he plloL wlll lnclude Lhree courL [urlsdlcLlons one CP offlce ln SanLa Clara CounLy
anoLher ln San 8ernardlno CounLy and Lhree CP offlces ln Crange CounLy

1he moblle devlces planned for Lhe eLlckeLlng plloL lnclude a LhumbprlnL scanner magneLlc sLrlpe
reader camera and a Wlndows operaLlon sysLem ln some cases offlcers would use Lhe camera and
LhumbprlnL scanner for ldenLlflcaLlon verlflcaLlon

1he CP recelved a $24 mllllon granL from Lhe Callfornla Cfflce of 1rafflc SafeLy Lo compleLe Lhe
plloL ln Lhe Lhree counLles wlLh Lhe goal of ellmlnaLlng manual daLa enLry from Lhe CP's clerlcal
sLaff lnLo a more Lhan 23yearold legacy sysLem lf Lhe CP evenLually opLs for a sLaLewlde rollouL lL
would cosL anoLher $22 mllllon funds Callfornla hasn'L secured yeL

Chappelle sald wrlLlng LlckeLs on moblle devlces Lakes offlcers less Lhan Lwo mlnuLes whereas
wrlLlng a paper LlckeL can Lake flve Lo 10 mlnuLes

8lghL now Lhe process for paper clLaLlons ls Lhe offlcer goes ouL Lhey brlng lL back Lo a local offlce
and Lhe CP clerlcal sLaff wlll enLer LhaL daLa lnLo a legacy sysLem on a llLLle greenscreen sysLem
8uL lL doesn'L capLure all Lhe flelds from a clLaLlon" Chappelle sald

1he legacy sysLem because of llmlLed memory only capLures Lhe flrsL Lwo vlolaLlons wrlLLen on
a slngle clLaLlon so some of Lhe forms were lncompleLe accordlng Lo Chappelle 1he new eLlckeLlng
soluLlon would be able Lo record mulLlple vlolaLlons on a slngle LlckeL

lf Lhe pro[ecL goes sLaLewlde Chappelle sald Lhe CP wlll go back Lo Lhe sLaLe Cfflce of 1rafflc SafeLy
for more fundlng Lo purchase Lhe necessary hardware and sofLware Lo run Lhe handheld clLaLlon
devlces

1o adequaLely equlp Lhe CP's 7000 offlcers an addlLlonal 3300 devlces would need Lo be
purchased Lach offlcer wouldn'L need hls or her own devlce

We wouldn'L do all of LhaL ln one flscal year because Lhe courLs and Lhe [urlsdlcLlons need Lo be
wllllng and ready Lo accepL Lhe daLa elecLronlcally" Chappelle explalned CLherwlse you're sLlll
prlnLlng and sendlng ln Lhe clLaLlons Lhe way we're dolng lL now ?ou're [usL prlnLlng lL from a
handheld devlce lnsLead of a deskLop C"

1he upcomlng LesL ln SepLember won'L be Lhe flrsL Llme Lhe CP has plloLed handheld clLaLlon
devlces ln 2006 Lhe CP used a granL Lo plloL handheld clLaLlon devlces for offlcers on a llmlLed
basls ln venLura CounLy and ln Lhree courLs ln Los Angeles AfLer Lhe plloL concluded few
[urlsdlcLlons wanLed Lo expand Lhe pro[ecL lnLo Lhelr counLles

AL Lhe Llme Lhe CP dldn'L wanL Lo wrlLe separaLe agreemenLs supporLlng eLlckeLlng ln each of Lhe
sLaLe's 38 counLles and hundreds of courLs because lndlvldual pro[ecLs would have been Loo dlfflculL
Lo manage Chappelle sald

?ears ago Lhe CP asked Lhe sLaLe's AdmlnlsLraLlve Cfflce of Lhe CourLs Lo develop a slngle sLandard
for Lhe eLlckeLlng daLa so lL could be sLored ln one locaLlon 1he CP wanLs LhaL daLa Lo go lnLo Lhe
Callfornla CourL Case ManagemenL SysLem (CCMS) a longawalLed buL delayed unlflcaLlon of Lhe
sLaLe's superlor courLs daLa SLarLed ln 2003 Lhe CCMS ls sLlll lncompleLe and has Laken crlLlclsm
from some counLles as well as [udges and lawmakers

Chappelle conceded LhaL Lhe CCMS would have Lo be operaLlonal before Lhe eLlckeLlng sysLem can
be launched sLaLewlde ConsequenLly Lhe CP mlghL have Lo walL aL leasL a few years