Released on December 2, 2013
The Ministry of Justice and the RCMP are using new electronic ticketing equipment to reduce the amount of time spent on traffic offenses in the province.
The new method uses in-car consoles and printers to quickly scan drivers’ licenses, digitally record the fine information, and print the ticket on the spot. Fine information is then uploaded to the Ministry of Justice’s Fine Collections branch on a nightly basis.
“This significantly reduces the amount of time and taxpayer money spent on issuing, printing and processing minor traffic offenses,” Justice Minister and Attorney General Gordon Wyant said. “In the long run, this type of technology allows police forces to spend less time on traffic fines and focus more on serious criminal offenses.”
Previously, RCMP officers wrote tickets by hand, manually recorded them once they returned to their detachment, and mailed copies to the Ministry of Justice to be processed.
The pilot launched on November 25 with two RCMP patrol cars in Pilot Butte. Two more RCMP patrol cars went live with the technology in Yorkton last week. By the time the pilot wraps up at the end of January 2014, more than 90 RCMP cruisers across the province will be outfitted with the equipment. The ministry will make the e-ticketing program available to municipal police agencies once the pilot project is completed.
The RCMP issued roughly 49,000 tickets in 2012. The total number of tickets processed for all Saskatchewan police agencies in 2012 was 145,000.
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For more information, contact:
Noel Busse
Justice
Regina
Phone: 306-787-8959
Email: noel.busse@gov.sk.ca
Cell: 306-551-9405
Sgt. Jeff M. Soroka
"F" Division Traffic Services
Phone: 306-780-8892