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All indications are that federal and state traffic safety programs will need timely, accurate and accessible data covering all aspects of the traffic safety arena in order to properly identify problems, select countermeasures, monitor countermeasure programs and to evaluate the effectiveness of those programs. Future safety program funding will be tied to the ability of the traffic safety community to: ^ Prove what, and where the problems are. ~; ^ Identity, using data on likely costs and impact, those countermeasures that are most likely to have the greatest return on investments of funding scale and staff resources. ^ Prioritize problems and countermeasures based on hard data. ^ Monitor the implementation of countermeasures. ^ Document the effectiveness of the safety improvement programs. It is essential that HPD participate in the traffic records management and continue to upgrade its capacity. STRATEGIES 1. Participate in Traffic Records Committee and Subcommittees, attend monthly and special meetings. One Sergeant and Officer to attend the Annual National Traffic Records Forum. 2. Purchase five or more palm pilots and mobile printers for use by TEU officers for electric citation project. SOLUTION The Hawaii Police Department (HPD) will participate in the Hawaii Traffic Records Coordinating Committee, upgrade. to electronic citations and develop an electronic format to send to district court: EVALUATION ; . _...... , ~ _, . The evaluation will be based on the reduction of total fatalities within the County of Hawaii by 5% from 34 in FFY 2007 to 32 by FFY 2009. HPD will acquire palm pilots and mobile printers to be utilized for the electronic citations project. This will cut down on the submittal time of citations to district court.