1. Data Integration to Improve Traffic Safety Enforcement
Allen Parrish
The University of Alabama
30th Annual Traffic Records Forum

2. Alabama Experience Electronic citations: State database Web portal:
Commercial vehicle enforcement unit at the Department of Public Safety (MCSAP)
State database Web portal:
Law Enforcement Tactical System (LETS)

3. Electronic Citations Initiated in June 2002
Developed an e-citation prototype
Prototype deployed in January 2003
Tickets electronically uploaded to AOC server
Initial pilot: Heflin weigh station
Subsequent deployment: Statewide MCSAP unit
Working toward 2-3 local PD pilots

4. General Process view ticket swear ticket District Court mobile officer
automated
upload
ticket history
electronic ticket record
AOC SQL
Server
paper
ticket
defendant

5. Law Enforcement Tactical System
Web portal to Alabama state databases:
Driver’s license
Vehicle registrations
Driver history
Warrants
Corrections
Limited local jail data
About 8000 users statewide

6. A Fully Integrated Environment
Electronic citations
LETS:
Alabama licensed drivers, registered vehicles, driver history, previous citations
ASPEN:
Currently interoperable with ASPEN 2.4.1
SJIS:
Alabama state court information system
Query Central:
FMCSA Web service will be integrated when available
JCB3:
Supports municipal court integration

7. Field Data Communications
At weigh station:
Dedicated line to AOC
802.11(b) WLAN
At roadside:
CDPD cellular cards – Southern LINC
Issued to all MCSAP officers
Secure Internet-based:
Citation upload
Access to LETS

8. Improved License Scanning
Wand scanners – hard to use, imprecise
E-Seek 250
Card insertion scanner
Magstripes and barcodes
Can deal with DLs from any state not using encryption:
Georgia still encrypted

9. Demonstration

10. Benefits and Issues Benefits: Remaining Issues:
Linkage to various data sources
Elimination of hand data entry
Immediate statewide sharing of citation information
Remaining Issues:
Electronic swearing
Not a technology issue

11. Data Integration Architecture
Predominant model:
Peer-to-peer integration
Our model:
Bus-based integration

12. Peer-to-Peer Integration
scanner A B
GPS
scanner C D
scanner E

13. Bus-Based Integration
LETS
E-citation
ASPEN
scanner
GPS

14. Bus Based - Advantages Simplifies the constituent applications:
No need to deal with peripherals
Only need to communicate with the bus, not with every other possible application
Multiple applications cannot share scanner/GPS access without conflict and manual intervention
Single point of interface to these devices

15. Future Plans Market this concept to other states Cost:
Commercial vehicle enforcement suite
General citation suite
Interface application with multiple information sources, including Web
Cost:
Free software – leverage FMCSA initial investment in Alabama
Small contractual fee for adaptation services

16. Contacts Allen Parrish David Brown Rhonda Stricklin parrish@cs.ua.edu
Rhonda Stricklin
CARE