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Ticket Data Overview

GeneralDescription
StateandLocallawenforcementagenciesthroughoutNewYorkStatearerequiredtosendthe
DepartmentofMotorVehicles(DMV)copiesofuniversalticketstheyissueforviolationsof
applicablelawsinthecourseofoperatingamotorvehicle.

RecordsoftheseticketsaremaintainedbyDMVawaitingfinaloutcome(officiallytitled
disposition:i.e.guilty,notguilty,dismissed,etc.)oftheticketfromthevariouscourtsinNYS.

DataCollectionMethodology
AllticketingfiledataoriginateswithvariouslawenforcementagenciesacrossNYS.Ticketingdatais
senttoDMVineitherpaperorelectronicformandisrecordedandstoredinDMVscentralfacility
inAlbany.

StatisticalandAnalyticIssues
Thedatadetailseachofthekeyelementssetforthonthetrafficticket,asdescribedinthe
accompanyingdatadictionary.DMVonlyrecordswhatistransmittedfromthelawenforcement
agency.

LimitationsofDataUse
TheDMVdoesnotreceivearrestrecordsforfelonyandmisdemeanoroffensesinNYC.

Theticketingdatasetprovidesinformationonuniversaltrafficticketsissuedbystate,localand
publicauthoritylawenforcementagenciesduringthetimeperiodnoted.Itshouldnotbeassumed
thattheissuanceofatrafficviolationticketisthesameastheindividualbeingfoundguiltyofthe
offense.Theindividualorentitytheticketwasissuedtomayenterapleaofguiltyornotguiltyto
theoffensecitedintheticketandthecourtthenrendersthedisposition(guilty,notguilty,
dismissed,etc.)oftheticket.

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