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SPECIAL REPORT: IN-CAR COMPUTING E-Ticketing From Start To Finish Shows officer checking driver's license through the system. Shows defendant and vehicle information and all fields on the computer. background and mirrors the current look of a handwritten ticket, aiding in familiarity to the officer. All required fields that must be completed by the officer are highlighted in red; yellow fields are optional. Three options are then offered; the officer is able to select "Citation", "Writ- ten Warning" or "Verbal Warning" from a drop-down box. The next section is the "Defendant" or "Driver" Section. A pop-up window displays the last 10 drivers who were run through the CAD by the particular officer. After the officer selects the name of the driver, the system will import the driv- er's license information into the required fields. The officer has the ability to change any of this imported information, should something such as the address not be current. Another option for an agency that utilizes barcode scanners is they can scan / swipe a driver's license to import infor- mation. (This system does not require a barcode scanner or magnetic strip swipe for information, so it can be used with all generations of driver's licenses.) The "Vehicle" section provides a pop-up window similar to the defendant section, which displays the last 10 license plates run through the CAD. After the officer selects the license plate, the system will import the vehicle registration information into the required fields. The date and time of the stop are automati- cally entered onto the citation upon creation of the ticket. The next section is the "Location" of the occurrence – all of the relevant streets in town are listed, reducing spelling er- rors. Drop-down boxes also allow the officer to add informa- tion such as the direction of travel. South Barrington, Ill. Police participated in the e-ticket pilot program. Officer Axelrod was a part of APS training. The E-Ticket software works side by side with the agency's CAD software. An officer will check the driver's license and vehicle registration through his/her agency's CAD software as he/she would when doing a handwritten ticket. The officer will then enter the E-Ticket software, which is running in the 60 LAW and ORDER I May 2012 The "Violation" section has a couple of options. If the vio- lation is merely a speeding ticket, the officer only needs to enter the defendant's speed and the speed limit into the speed fields. The software will then apply the correct vehicle code section dependant on the amount of mph over the limit. For other violations, there is a pop-up where officers can either enter the vehicle code section if they know it off hand, or they can begin to type the violation they are seeking, such as seat belt, to narrow down their choices. The "Incident" section allows for an officer to notate road con-