New Badger TraCS Features Overview: Fall 2020

Last Updated: 11/10/2020 – AH

In addition to our regular updates to further streamline Badger TraCS to be as user-friendly, efficient, and intuitive as possible, Badger TraCS has implemented several significant improvements for the Fall 2020 Pack Update. We have highlighted some of the changes below:

Badger TraCS Hosted Environment:

A DOT/DSP hosted centralized TraCS databases in a web services environment. Currently only available for agencies using MS Access for their TraCS databases. Features offered by the Badger TraCS Hosted Environment include:

• Daily data backups

• Automatic Transmissions

• Reduced maintenance of TraCS responsibilities

• No End Shifting

Data Migration Tool

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• Allowing easier migration to SQL from Access.

• Located in TraCS Configuration Manager.

Incident Form: Phase 1

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• Basic incident form.

• Transmits to the DAIT System.

• Will continue to receive enhancements and enhanced capabilities in the future.

Property Form: Phase 1

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• Listing of property seized, recovered, stolen, etc. for an incident.

• Separated into 3 categories: vehicles, drugs and all others.

• Linked to the master indexes for vehicles and property.

Crash Form

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• Several modifications and enhancements to the DT4000 Crash Form were made.

• On Emergency Flag now set by Emergency Motor Vehicle Use field.

• Model year allows for current year plus the next two.

• Height, Weight and Race included in transmitted data.

Attachment Form

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• New version of the Attachment Form.

• Enabled and ready to transmit to the DA as part of the Incident Form Project.

Non-Traffic Citation (NTC) Form

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• New version of the NTC Form.

• Non-traffic statute table upgraded.

• Statute categories updated to match bond book categories.

• Violation search updated for all forms using non-traffic statutes.

Felony statutes added to Arrest, Incident, and Pursuit forms.

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• Felony statute table

• Felony statute search available on the Arrest, Incident, and Pursuit forms.

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Ordinance Schedule Handout

Displays non-expired Ordinances separated by form type. Located under Tools | Handouts.

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Increased Field Size: Agency Space

The Agency Space field size was increased on all Badger TraCS Forms. This was done to ensure all the information was readable on the form. The Agency Space on printed reports was not increased.

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Officer RMS ID

A new field was added to each user profile. This field can be used to uniquely identify a user in an agency’s Records Management System (RMS).

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Map Version Field Added to All Forms

Displays TLT map version used on that form. This field can be found in the Document Group of the form, towards the top of the form.

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eCitation Button

The WIJIS button has been renamed eCitation. It can still be used to view forms transmitted through the eCitation System as before. The icon has also been updated.

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On Behalf Of

Agencies may use the On Behalf Of feature to update their own tables with other agencies’ values. An example is another agency’s court and ordinance information.

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