What exactly is an eTicket?
Ask a Cop is back to answer your questions. Listeners submitted questions for Halton Police Constable Ryan Anderson.
Halton Regional Police Service (HRPS) Constable and Media Relations Officer Ryan Anderson says an eTicket is just a way to make the ticketing process easier for everyone.
The machine will scan your driver’s license and the system will do the rest of the work. This will clean up the ticketing process and speed up the interaction.
eTickets are currently being used by officers in Burlington. The plan is for Milton, Oakville and Halton Hills to adopt the practice by 2023. Constable Anderson provides an example of how the process is much smoother with this new technology.
The system is reading the information on the driver’s license. That means whatever information is on the card will be inputted into the system and onto the ticket. This eliminates potential errors, whether it be the officer writing down the wrong license number or their penmanship not being perfectly legible. Constable Anderson adds that, if for whatever reason there is an error on the ticket, residents can either contact the court directly through a number on the ticket or notify the officer if they’re still present.
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