Police to start handing out high-tech tickets

TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) -- Some law enforcement agencies in Idaho are making the change to high-tech equipment to issue tickets.

Law enforcement officers in Twin Falls and Twin Falls county in southern Idaho in the next month will start using a new system that will allow them to print citations from patrol cars.

The Idaho State Police plan to have a similar system in place within a year that will use portable printers and scanners.

Officials say the electronic equipment will help reduce ticket-writing problems such as misspellings, numerical errors and poor penmanship. They say it will also reduce the amount of time it takes officers to issue a ticket.

Idaho State Police officials plan to have the system working in Boise and Coeur d'Alene by April, and have it in the rest of the statewide fleet within a year.

Information from: The Times-News, http://www.magicvalley.com

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