"This equipment will allow for a more efficient and more accurate process to issuing citations," said Interim City Manager Sergio Gonzalez. Field officers would be able to swipe a drivers license and all required information would automatically be populated by the device in real time. The officer would then issue the citation and upon returning to the station all of the information would be safely uploaded to the traffic court system.
In lieu of having to manually input every

The South Pasadena City Council gave its approval to the city's participation in a 3-year pilot program.
The eCitation technology was developed by 3M Cogent Inc., a businesses formerly based in South Pasadena and has made it available for free to the South Pasadena Police Department. The agreement provides the police department with six handheld eCitation units which feature multi-biometric fingerprint identification technology.

citation issued, the information is processed automatically saving valuable time spent by both police and county clerks. In return, the South Pasadena Police Department is required to provide feedback during and at the conclusion of the 3 year pilot program. It is expected that 3M Cogent Inc. will use this information to refine the technology before making widely available to law enforcement agencies throughout the nation.