No Dale, you said you paid your ticket at the Beloit Town Hall, over by Turner. You paid it at the PD, which is over by Turner. Town Hall is across the river on Afton.

For the comment about waiting an hour to pay your $10 ticket, ever heard the US postal service? Quick and easy. Unless an hour of time isn't worth more than a 44 cent stamp.

Thanks for clearing that up, Bond. Nothing gets passed you!

haaseman-HAHAHA! i was thinking something along the same lines!

Dalegribble, the Beloit Township Town Hall is on the West side of town, on Afton Rd. You paid your ticket at the police department, which is on Inman Parkway, by Turner. Tickets are always paid at the PD and court is always held at the Town Hall.

Maybe Biggirl doesn't like cops because she is afraid they will eat her doughnut supply.

dalegribble, If you were sent to Madison to take care of your citation when the violation took place in Rock County, they were wrong. You could have contested where in should be paid. The State Police (Troopers) must give Rock County the case if the violation happened in Rock County. Ten years ago, $10.00 for each citation went to the Rock County Jail. Since they sent you to Dane County you donated the $10.00 to the Dane County Jail.

I know there is not quota & never has been but some people alway's thought there was. My point being there should be a lot more ticket's issue'd

Whats a quata? Or did you mean quota? And you do not brake the law, you break the law.

"It's not a quata when you brake the law it's just that some people think so. people just do not seem to be able to read there for should not be able to drive"
- Hopefully you can read a lot better than you can write… so there for you don’t brake the law and fall under this quata.

People speeding excessively deserve tickets. What bothers me the most is that the fine for a speeding ticket is sometimes equivalent to or more than some other crimes such as possession, bail jumping, obstructing, etc. I know that there are varying degrees of each crime, but it really grinds my gears that a speeding ticket can be a more expensive fine than someone who was arrested with intent to deliver drugs. I realize that some of these fines can be pretty hefty amounts, but I am addressing some of the fines I’ve noticed in the public records.

@dalegribble: In today's economy, I can't believe that you are wishing for somebody to lose their job. Janesville police are issuing twice as many tickets. Doesn't that mean twice the work for the clerk of courts, court commisioners, AND judges?
Think about it...

It's not a quata when you brake the law it's just that some people think so. people just do not seem to be able to read there for should not be able to drive

People going 10 over in a city zone can cause a lot more damage if they run into people. I know because 10 years ago I was hit by an 89-year-old geezer crusing at least 10 over on a city street who came up in a far lane obscured by a bunch of cars who were properly stopped for the red light and hit me as I was in the intersection proceeding on a green light. And more recently I was a passenger in a car when another speed demon ran a red for unexplained reasons and hit us while we were proceeding through an intersection. Due to the other driver's speed, I was unable to give any warning to our driver before impact other than a scream seconds before the collision. Mass times acceleration equals force, and therefore, greater speed leads to more severe injuries and potentially unnecessary deaths. If you don't understand the violence of a car collision, watch the scene in Adaptation, though it is far more effective if you don't know that scene is coming. Also, I have seen a person run into by a car and killed on a city street (and no, not by me but by the driver of another car) so I can assure those who doubt that it does actually happen.

swtilonez, If the citation issued is a city charge (ord.) you pay it at city hall. If you are charged with a traffic crime, you pay it at the clerks office at the courthouse. And no one has ever waited 1 hour. They have several windows open.

quisitve, It is against the law to put a quota on police.

Also, in a car crash, it has been proven many times that if you are holding a baby instead of placing that baby strapped into a car seat, the baby will continue to move forward.. no matter how tight you think you are holding onto that baby.

frusion and facts101- I agree. I mentioned this on another blog and was bashed.
She doesn't seem to like rules or authority.
NEVER has she had something good to say about police. Stop acting badly and maybe you will appreciate police. Even if you act badly you should appreciate them. They are here to help you. If you are bad and caught maybe you will get a clue and straighten yourself out. That is a good thing CORRECT??

916- likes to drive 10 over while only having a "few" beers. AWESOME!! not smart to go 10 over while drinking and driving.

I don't see a problem with 5 over but 10 over is asking for it!!!

"swtlilone2
Apr 4, 2010 at 7:56 p.m.
Suggest removal What sucks about this whole deal is that they give you a ticket, than to find out your not allowed to pay for them at the copshop, you have to go to the court house in which is a good hour wait or more for a 10dollar ticket. "

I have a real easy solution for you. DON'T do the $10 crime!!

nurse4u- well said.
He is a stat for you. A person thinks it is safe to hold onto their baby vs car seat.
The weigh of that baby in a crash that you have to try to hold onto is WEIGHT X SPEED. Less speed less weight! DUMB USE A car seat. But same equation. If in a car seat less damage with less speed!!

This is the same if in a crash and you are belted in as Nurse4u mentioned.

There are three crashes in a crash.

The car hits you.

You hit the car (inside)

YOU ORGANS hit each other!!!! Gross but maybe that will make you slow down.

If side impact it is worse because you organs don't move side to side as nicely as forward. If you want to protect YOUR ORGANS from a deadly crash SLOW DOWN!

The TraCS system presents efficiencies throughout the system. Without TraCS, the officers hand-writes a citation. Someone within the PD then enters that citation data into their records management system. The PD also must send the paper citation to the Circuit or Municipal Court, where someone has to enter the citation data into the courts system. With TraCS, it takes less time to issue the citation, then the citation data is sent with the click of a mouse to the records management system AND the courts system. In addition, Criminal Traffic citations are also automatically sent to the District Attorney via their DAPROTECT system.

That's just for citations. Data for OWI paperwork and traffic crash reports are sent to DMV with that same mouse-click. The efficiencies are substantial.

For those who receive citations to Circuit Court, the fines can be paid online after the Initial Appearance time at:

http://wcca.wicourts.gov/simpleCaseSearc...

If the printer jams, the officer can either hand-deliver or mail a copy of the citation after the fact.

I work on a floor at the hospital that has many car accident victims..you would be surprised at how much more trauma a person can suffer by going faster than they should when they are driving (or inflict more trauma on someone else). A car accident at 55mph can be devastating compared to the same accident if it would have happened at 45... Not to mention impaired drivers and the damage they inflict...

If it takes these police officers handing out more tickets to deter you from speeding or driving erratically, then just maybe I won't see you on my floor...

Just a thought..

BTW~I was serious when I said I sleep better knowing there are police officers out there willing to protect us. Let's do our part people!!!

bbbw, you sound like a regular person! How refreshing to see that here!

JCK-- Yes, I probably do deserve a ticket at times, but after 20+ years of driving, going right past cops at about 7 over, I have not once gotten pulled over. This leads me to believe that those that do get pulled over really do deserve it. Yes, I do speed at times, never more than 10 over. But I don't tailgate people, don't drive while talking on the cell phone or texting, and don't drive after drinking alcohol. And I never run red lights. Yes, I am perfectly capable of being an idiot, but not on the same scale as the other idiots that I see every day that are just begging for a ticket. But if I ever do get pulled over, feel free to laugh at me, JCK. After all, if I'm willing to dish it out, I'd better be willing to take it.

bbbw, when "in reality" you're going 7mph over the limit shouldn't they be pulling you over as well? You're not one of those "idiots" are you?

funny, I didn't know speeding was legal.

Just whine on folks... If you DO NOT break the law, you won't get ANY tickets!

For all you "good people" who get tickets because you don't slow down at a speed change, sorry for ya. Its POSTED!

Wish I had an officer sitting in MY driveway to catch all the fool kids FLYING down my little hill when my grandchildren are out front. A 20 MPH speed zone with idiots doing 40 or more! And no, I do NOT feel my grandchildren are safe with traffic whizzing by at those speeds... in a residential area, there is no way someone can stop fast enough to keep from hitting a child chasing an errant ball in the road, when they're driving that fast!

They still have alot of people to pick up lot's of speeder's out there they must not be able to read the speed limit sign

swtlilone2....if your ticket is issued by a Rock County authority (i.e., City of Janesville Police, Rock County Sheriff, Town of Beloit Police, etc.) the ticket clearly states that you are to pay the fine at the Courthouse. That should save you the trip to the "copshop".

Looks like they finally did away with the quota system. Now the cops can write as many tickets as they want..........

What sucks about this whole deal is that they give you a ticket, than to find out your not allowed to pay for them at the copshop, you have to go to the court house in which is a good hour wait or more for a 10dollar ticket.
I have a feeling they are going to abuse this privilege, and I have been already noticing this a lot more. Nothing against the cops tho.

I wish the police would go thru the parking lots at the mall and at wal-mart on any given day they can write as many tickets as they want for people parking in handicap zones that dont have the proper plates or signs hanging in windows. These tickets are high dollar fines that the city could use.

What happens if the printer jams? Do they give you a warning?

I think more traffic tickets given out is an EXCELLENT thing. I'm always encountering idiots that think it's okay to tailgait me as if I were going 5 under when in reality I'm going 7 over. The speed limits will never be high enough for some people; they'll always be pushing it as much as they possibly can get away with. It actually warms my heart to see someone pulled over, since I see so many that should be but aren't. If you're ever pulled over by a cop and somebody drives by and hollers with joy through the window at you, that very likely will be me. Enjoy your ticket. I know I'll be enjoying it on your behalf.

Hope the software is not Microsoft.

Hypothetically speaking, what if the system adopts cameras and radar at all areas that capture the violators image/info and automatically sends a ticket? The police wouldn't have to hall-monitor, so to speak, and get on with real police work of criminal activity, not traffic citations. I imagine this would be a possibility in the somewhat near future, making certain current aspects of concern a moot point. But more importantly to me is the positive aspect of getting much more progress made on lowering crime rates, which IS more important in my opinion. Especially violent crimes. The cost of prosecuting all the added 'alleged' criminals may far outweigh the profit that a governing community makes.

reasonablewhat?? :)

916WI...how much do you think the police makes on those tickets? Not much of a revenue maker. I was curious myself and looked up the department of transportation website. On a $160 dollar ticket, the city makes about $10-$15. All the money goes to the courts, crime lab, some to schools, and a few other things. Then, I looked on the police dept website and saw in 2008 they issued just over 5,000 tickets. If that is an average cost per ticket( a little more for OWI, and nothing for the $10 seatbelt tickets), that would only be about $50,000 of revenue. That money goes into the city operating budget, not police department coffers. As you can see, the police dept gets diddley. Not really worth the time to write them....maybe they do write them for safety reasons.....

Good point DwightKSchrute. It shows people just want to yammer without reasonablensess.

Come on people listen to yourselves! They were not ignoring violations, they were already strapped with ancient paper processing. Furthermore, if everyone wants to see technology help out the medical, schooling, building etc then why do you want our protectors to be stuck in the old?
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I cringe when I hear people say ...real criminals...because these violations are very important too. I mean, you won't get cited if you are not in the wrong, and you still have a court appearance if you think you were!!!!
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I cannot see a bad thing with any of this new update. Cleaner to read citations, quicker at the traffic stop, and it will be integrated into the computer (which it already gets added to later on anyway)-so no new invasion of privacy by the government, yet more efficient!
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If you don't like it, then maybe you should obey the civil laws which were put in place by mostly civilian legislators and board members etc. After all folks these various speed limits, seat belts, yada yada are meant to serve a purpose!
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I suppose the negative-nellies here would rather that only crooks have updated technology! I have been impressed with the local police departments lately-keep up the good work!

916WI - There are officers assigned to street patrol, officers assigned to detective work, officers assigned to solve violent crime cases (see previous), etc. etc. It's not like every single resource from the department is on street patrol. Get real.

No Truth, having police set up speed traps where there are speed limit changes to tag good people with $150+ tickets is ridiculous. It would be nice if more time and effort was dedicated to stopping real crime vs. concentrating on revenue collection.....

If they're suddenly writing that many more tickets you have to wonder how many times in the past they either ignored the violation and/or gave the motorist a verbal warning. Now that it's so much easier to write the citation they're writing twice as many. I don't believe that there are twice as many violations than there was six months ago. I don't have a problem with I just think it's an interesting development.

Excusing 10 over is just ridiculous.

I've heard that argument too many times. Some people are always ready to throw an anonymous child in the front of the bus to prove their "point". They don't think that you will call them out on it because they are hiding behind a child. The real problem with speeding is interaction at intersections.

Stubby--Seriously? Try to dramatize any situation by throwing a "poor child getting killed" into the argument......I have been driving for 20 years and have never seen or heard of a child getting killed because someone was going 10 over....I'm not saying it has never happened, but it's a stretch to use that to support a viewpoint--nice try though:)

The "heinous crime of going 10 over" seems pretty mild - until a child is struck and killed by a speeding vehicle. Speed limits exist for safety reasons - not just to keep you from going as fast as you want.

nurse.....too funny! Yeah--like setting up a speed trap to ticket people going 35 in a 25 is really risking their lives to protect ours. This will not "free up" their time to solve real crimes--as the article stated, it will give them a greater opportunity to collect more revenue from someone committing the heinous crime of going 10 over. There is no doubt that there are great cops out there, but this "investment" will not put their talents to use--it's simply a money maker for the local government and it's agencies. They have to pay for those shiny new patrol cars somehow.....

biggirl probably has a record or past due fines...

I don't know about you, but I sure sleep better knowing there are individuals out there willing to risk their lives to protect ours.

I agree with the previous comment about biggirl. Lighten up lady. One day you may need a police officer and he'll be there as quick as you call because he won't be sitting as long writing a cite for some infraction. I hope the same police that you fear and dread are also the same police who are there for you when you get a flat tire. And cite you for expired plates. Lol!

aww does this mean a longer wait at the court house? haha

I would like someday for biggirl to explain why she has such an issue with the police.

BeenThere...Amen!! How hard is it to just stop and wait for the next green arrow? It's an extra 2 minutes.

biggirl you never have anything positive about anything involving the police. I like this new software gives them more time to do other things that they did not have time for before. And biggirl who you gonna call when you need help? Bet its these same police that you never have anything good to say about. Your a very sorry person indeed.

More money for the police and their gadgets.

Chelleandlou...I second that! I also wish they'd spend a little time observing the traffic at the Deerfield Dr/Hwy 14 intersection (by the Pine Tree Plaza) and ticket all of those people who turn left long after the green arrow has turned to red.

Now if JPD will just patrol school zones from 7:30-8:15 am and 2:30-4 p.m.