1. Colorado’s Traffic Records Coordinating Committee Finding Common Ground

2. Colorado’s (TRCC) Membership b Department of Public Health and Environment b Department of Human Services b Department of Transportation b Law Enforcement b IT Professionals b Motor Vehicle b Judicial

3. What’s at Stake? b Health and Environment Develop hospitalization costsDevelop hospitalization costs Tracking or matching injury data to accident severityTracking or matching injury data to accident severity Develop prevention programsDevelop prevention programs Links seat belt use to injury severityLinks seat belt use to injury severity Feedback back to EMS on patients’ outcomesFeedback back to EMS on patients’ outcomes

4. What’s at Stake? b Human Services Tracks alcohol involvement in traffic accidents and stopsTracks alcohol involvement in traffic accidents and stops Provides demographic information about violators that is used to develop prevention programsProvides demographic information about violators that is used to develop prevention programs Aids in preparing alcohol education and therapy programsAids in preparing alcohol education and therapy programs

5. What’s at Stake? b Transportation Development of statistical information provided to federal agenciesDevelopment of statistical information provided to federal agencies Used by traffic engineers to design safer roadways and to correct design flawsUsed by traffic engineers to design safer roadways and to correct design flaws Track accident data by location and frequencyTrack accident data by location and frequency Help determine causation factorsHelp determine causation factors

6. What’s at Stake? b Law Enforcement Resource allocation to reduce accidents and violationsResource allocation to reduce accidents and violations To track traffic violationsTo track traffic violations determination of alcohol involvement in crashesdetermination of alcohol involvement in crashes local roadway planning and design inputlocal roadway planning and design input

7. What’s at Stake? b IT Professionals Most effective data collection methodologiesMost effective data collection methodologies Common data elements to be shared among stakeholdersCommon data elements to be shared among stakeholders Technological needs and potentialsTechnological needs and potentials

8. What’s at Stake? b Judicial Develop court tracking systemsDevelop court tracking systems Collect fines and surchargesCollect fines and surcharges Develop equitable sanctionsDevelop equitable sanctions Deter repeat offenses through mandated educationDeter repeat offenses through mandated education Offender tracking through ProbationOffender tracking through Probation

9. Colorado Courts b Two tiered court system: municipal courtsmunicipal courts state courts - district and countystate courts - district and county –law enforcement sends summons to county courts –penalty assessment citations go to DMV

11. Court Computer System b ICON - Integrated Colorado On-Line Network Only state system nationally that integrates:Only state system nationally that integrates: –Case processing –Financial management –Attorney registration –Dispute resolution –Juries –Support/Maintenance Processing –Probation

12. Colorado Integrated Criminal Justice Information System - CICJIS b ICON is integrated with CICJIS b CICJIS involved these agencies: Courts and ProbationCourts and Probation Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) - Local Law EnforcementColorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) - Local Law Enforcement District AttorneysDistrict Attorneys Department of CorrectionsDepartment of Corrections Youth CorrectionsYouth Corrections

13. What’s at Stake? b Motor Vehicle Driver recordsDriver records Sanctions for dangerous driversSanctions for dangerous drivers Enforcing compulsory insurance lawsEnforcing compulsory insurance laws Develop statistical analysisDevelop statistical analysis Tracking commercial drivers (CDL)Tracking commercial drivers (CDL) Deter identity fraudDeter identity fraud Ensure consistent and equitable treatment of drivers statewideEnsure consistent and equitable treatment of drivers statewide

14. Initiatives b Electronic Accidents b TraCS b Electronic Penalty Assessments b Electronic Citations b Citation Tracking b State-wide Standardized Summons b Electronic Dispositions b Revision of the Crash Report

15. Finding Common Ground b Involving all the stakeholders Presentation of individual program descriptionsPresentation of individual program descriptions Understanding and meeting the needs of the stakeholdersUnderstanding and meeting the needs of the stakeholders Big Picture CommitmentBig Picture Commitment Open communicationOpen communication

16. Working Together b Trust b Commitment and Compromise b Willingness to take risks

17. Staying the Course b Developing strategies b Problem solving b The business case has to determine the technological solution b Keep the lines of communication open and communicate often b Computer system integration

18. Thank-you b Leslie Nelson Taullie - Colorado State Patrol E-mail: Leslie.Nelson@CDPS.state.co.us b Gloria Hoffman- State Court Administrator’s Office E-mail: gloria.hoffman@judicial.state.co.us b Joan Vecchi- Motor Vehicle Division E-mail: JVecchi@spike.dor.state.co.us