The Johnson City Police Department has entered into a 90-day pilot program to place traffic accident reports On-Line. TRACView Accident Report System was selected to serve as its traffic accident insurance and citizen request technology. What is TRACView? TRACView is an Internet based application that was developed to help law enforcement agencies and insurance companies manage and access traffic accident reports in a more efficient manner. Through the use of cutting edge online document management technology, you are now able to rapidly find and view an accident report usually within 24 hours of being scanned. No more waiting in line or mailing report request forms. Now you can access your reports over the Internet, 24 hours a day!

Like most law enforcement agencies across America, the Johnson City Police Department has been pursuing an alternative to the hardcopy reporting, storing, and servicing of report requests. Johnson City Police Department concluded that the TracView system was the most suitable and secure solution as a local accident repository for insurance and citizen report requests. Johnson City Police Department wanted a system that was designed to do the following:

• Allow for multi-jurisdictional data sharing and searching
• A comprehensive system to facilitate web accessible availability of accident reports for insurance companies, officers and citizens
• Remove the police department from the billing and request fulfillment process
• Provide officers and investigators access to accident information for all agencies on the system.

We expect Internet viewing and printing will significantly reduce the time spent dealing with insurance agencies and citizens seeking copies of traffic crashes. Police Chief John Lowry noted: “It is our desire to provide a level of expediency to anyone wishing to view and print police reports in the convenience of their home or business, of which has not been available in this area before”. The Johnson City Police Records unit files nearly 4,000 traffic crash reports yearly. Nominally, each crash report will contain two drivers, this means 8,000 individuals and or insurance companies request copies of reports.

Wait times at the Police Records unit can reach 30 minutes for visitors wishing a report copy. This new on-line method will provide an alternative and more expedient method for obtaining the information they need.

• Reports are online and accessible from anywhere via the Internet.
• Reports are converted to PDF format making them easy to view, save, print and email.
• Finding a report takes only a few seconds.
• You can search by driver's name, accident date and location, license numbers and report number.
• Reports are accessible usually within 24 hours of being scanned, excluding holidays and weekends.
• Reports cannot be modified, maintaining report integrity.
• Clear, high resolution images of each report for optimal viewing and printing.

The Police Department was provided a high speed scanner, software, and training at no charge. The TracView Company charges $6.00 more for this level of convenience, than would normally be paid at the police station. Anyone may visit the web site for more information - www.tracview.com