Gwinnet County, Georgia to issue instant e-tickets
In the past, in Gwinnet County, Georgia, like in many counties across the United States, residents would not see a traffic ticket on their records until several weeks later, but now thanks to new technology, police officers, fire marshals, and animal control agents will be able to issue and print citations immediately
For some residents in Georgia traffic tickets will begin arriving instantaneously.
In the past, in Gwinnet County, Georgia, like in many counties across the United States, residents would not see a traffic ticket on their records until several weeks later, but now thanks to new technology, police officers, fire marshals, and animal control agents will be able to issue and print citations immediately.
Using a cellular modem, law enforcement officials will be able to update the county’s central servers in real time. When an officer enters a driver’s license number into a handheld computer, the device will automatically fill in their information.
This helps reduce the time it takes to copy and maintain records, eliminates mistakes, and updates everything on the spot.
“This will allow our officers to operate more efficiently, giving them more availability and less time doing paperwork,” said Gwinnett police chief Charlie Walters.
The system will cost $1.02 million to implement and county commissioners recently awarded the contract to Thinkstream, Inc. over seven other bidders.
Funding for the project comes from public safety funds in the 2009 Special Local Option Sales Tax Program.
