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NYSDMV Ticket Data Overview
NYSDMV 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.