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Badger TraCS

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The Badger TraCS suite of forms includes the following:

Alcohol incident
Amended crash
Attachment (used to submit photos and other supplemental information)
Car/deer
Crash reporting (MV 4000e)
Driver condition and behavior
Fatal supplement
Municipal citation
Uniform traffic citation
Warning citation
Badger TraCS sample form

TraCS runs on both stand alone PCs and laptop computers in squad cars. This allows for immediate data entry in the squad car or entry at a later time at the headquarters office. Driver/vehicle information can be shared among forms, eliminating duplication of entry.

Badger TraCS User meetings

Badger TraCS Users meetings are held annually for law enforcement that have attended TraCS training and have a TraCS license. The meetings provide TraCS related topics, one-on-one TraCS support and an opportunity for law enforcement to network with other agencies using Badger TraCS. The meetings are a great opportunity to see how other agencies are using TraCS and how they are dealing with certain issues.

The 2009 Badger TraCS Users Meeting focused on the future of TraCS, announcements about funding opportunities, sessions for novice and experienced users, suggestions for new forms and enhancements for current forms. There was also a law enforcement panel that discussed unique ways in which TraCS is being used at their agencies.

2008 TraCS User meeting notes:

2007 User meeting Webcast sessions:

2006 TraCS User meeting notes:

Committees

Committees have enriched TraCS development and ensure consistency within the forms. TraCS committee include:

Alcohol incident form

The Alcohol Incident Report (Notice of Intent to Suspend, Notice of Intent to Revoke, Informing the Accused, Administrative Review Request and Blood/Urine Chemical Test) have been provided as a convenience for your agency. You can import the data from the Electronic Citation (ELCI) form into the Alcohol form and print out any of the five reports. Electronic data transmission of the Alcohol Incident form is not available at this time.

Amended crash form

This form is the same as the MV4000e, with the addition of a Document Number Override field. This field contains the original document number that is amended. The crash data from this form is also submitted to the DMV/TAS FTP server.

Attachment form

The Attachment form is an optional form that may be used by your agency to facilitate the transfer of non-TraCS files from the field unit to the administrative workstation. This form is provided as a convenience for your agency. (It is only used locally within your agency.) The form is designed to be flexible and meet a variety of agency needs. The Attachment form can be used to send a fingerprint file, a work report in Word format, an excel spreadsheet or virtually any other file on your laptop.

Car/deer crash form

This is an abbreviate form of the MV4000e that may be used to report single unit, property damage only deer or other non-domesticated animal crashes. This form is submitted electronically to DMV/TAS.

Crash (MV4000e) form

This is the electronic version of the Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Accident Report form. Reportable crashes can be submitted to the DMV/TAS electronically. A crash data file and tiff file is transferred to the DMV/TAS FTP server. This data is then uploaded daily to the corporate database. Law enforcement is able to archive crash data on their servers and generate copies as necessary. The MV4000e contains all the fields on the paper MV4000 arranged in a different order.

Driver condition and behavior form (MV3141)

Wisconsin law, SS 343.16 (5) (6) allows the Department of Transportation to reexamine drivers when the Department has “good cause” to believe that the driver is incompetent or otherwise not qualified to be licensed. The Department determines what is “good cause.” The narrative should include the law enforcement officer’s specific observations and any actions and/or comments by the driver.

Fatal supplement form

This form is required whenever there is a traffic crash resulting in a fatality. The death must occur within 30 days of the crash to be considered a traffic fatality. This form replaces the paper MV3480 Fatal Supplement Form when submitted as part of a TraCS electronic crash report and is necessary to comply with the requirements of the federal Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS).

Municipal citation form

The municipal citation form is for non-traffic violations. This form may be printed for the violator and the court. Electronic transmission of municipal non-traffic citation data to the court is not available at this time. Local copies of the municipal citation data are created for import into your agency Resource Management System (RMS). For the immediate future, paper copies of the municipal nontraffic citations may be submitted to the court. A Spanish version report is now available.

Uniform traffic citation form

The e-citation, ELCI, meets the requirements of Trans 114, Wisconsin Administrative Code on Uniform Traffic Citations.

Any jurisdiction developing or purchasing electronic citation software must ensure that it meets the requirements of Trans 114 and:

Collects the data required.
Includes a citation number issued by WisDOT.
Is able to issue a paper version of the citation in the format required by Trans 114.
Issues one citation per violation.

Warning citation form

A TraCS Warning Citation has been designed for ease of use and as a convenience for your agency.

Forms and reports approved for future release

DNR citation form
Misdemeaner or citation report
Non UTC (alcohol/tobacco violation) report
Parent notification letter report

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Last modified: November 10, 2009