Citations

Question 1

Officers must ensure electronic citations are uploaded by when?

Answer 1

Officers must ensure electronic citations are uploaded from their device at the end ofshift.

Question 2

How many charges can you put on per citation?

Answer 2

Only one charge per citation

Question 3

Can there be variations of bond for municipal charges?

Answer 3

 Variations to bond for municipal charges must have approval from a Judge before issuance. If approved
by the judge, forward a copy of the incident report to thecourt.
 The judge may be contacted at any hour of the night for approval.

Question 4

Can there be bond variations for Circuit Court charges?

Answer 4

No bond variations are permitted for Circuit court other than to require an appearance at the discretion
of the officer.

Question 5

Court dates will be set no less than how many days from date of issue?

Answer 5

Court dates will be set no less than ten days from date of issue.

Question 6

What court will be the primary court for all issued citations?

Answer 6

Municipal Court shall be the primary court for all issued citations

Question 7

Municipal Court shall be the primary court for all issued citations, except for the following then Circuit
Court shall be used:

5 points

Answer 7

 State charges that are not applicable to Municipal Court.
 DWUI caused crashes.
 Any property loss, personal injury or vandalism where the victim may seek restitution.
 Circuit court citations will be marked as “Must Appear”.
 If known at the time of issuance, a reasonable estimated dollar loss will be listed in the citations
narrative.

Question 8

If multi citations are issued, can you issue some into Circuit and some into Muni?

Answer 8

 If multi citations are issued, only one court will be used for case continuity.

Question 9

No citations issued to juveniles under what year of age?

Answer 9

No citations issued to juveniles under 12 years old.

Question 10

Traffic citations for juveniles will be written into what court? Is calling parents mandatory?

Answer 10

Traffic citations will be written into regular traffic court.
 Notification of parents is optional.

Question 11

Criminal violations for Juveniles will be written into what Court?

Is notification of parents required?

What court do you use when traffic and criminal citations are issued to juveniles?

Answer 11

 Criminal violations will be written into Juvenile Court.

 Notification of parents is required and will be documented on the incident report.
 If criminal and traffic citations are issued together, all will go into juvenilecourt.