Tickets printed in the patrol cars around Moultrie County make for easier reading and required some extra training. Sullivan officer Joshua Qualls is responsible for the smooth operaton of the eCitation system within the city.

Tickets You Can Read 

•January 13, 2016•

By Mike Brothers

The days of trying to decipher a police officer’s handwriting on a traffic citation are over in Moultrie County.

The Moultrie County Circuit Clerk’s office became the first office in the sixth judicial circuit to implement eCitations.

Circuit Clerk Cindy Braden explained the eCitation program is up and running in Bethany, Lovington and Sullivan police departments as well as the Moultrie County Sheriff’s Department.

She explained the eCitation is not only timesaving for the officer issuing the ticket but improves the process with more accurate and legible information for the courts to process.

“Not only does the eCitation save the officer time but will hopefully get them off the roadside quicker, making stops safer,” Braden said.

An officer with an onboard computer inputs the driver’s information from the state database onto the eCitation, identifies the violation and prints out a ticket inside the patrol car. One copy goes to the driver and another to the circuit clerk for filing.

Sullivan Police Department officer Joshua Qualls has been designated trainer and general IT consultant locally, as officers get acquainted with eCitations.

“One of the biggest advantages is legibility of the ticket,” Qualls began, noting once the information is inputed, three copies will be printed in the car clear enough for the courts and the violator to read.     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.