The state of Wisconsin has been using the eCitation program which is a federally funded program that streamlines the process of filing traffic citations with a variety of offices. The process takes place in the officer’s cruiser where with a click they can file directly to places such as district attorneys, courts, and Department of Transportation. By using eCitation hand written tickets will not exist and neither will the errors they come with. Annually hundreds of tickets get misplaced or are thrown out due to illegibility when officers handwrite citations but with eCitation everything is electronically submitted, filed, and distributed to the proper channels to different locations.

With the threat of funding being pulled Wisconsin’s police force may be at risk of ultimately reverting back to the old system which exposes them to lack of efficiency. With officers hand writing citations there is much lost time spent on the side of the road and can lead to reduced revenue loss from tickets being thrown out due to errors. By equipping officers with eCitation they can spend more time and focus on their environments and less on paperwork.