New Item: Holo Ticketer

[Korinra]

Item: Holo Ticket Book

Concept: A small device carried by Security to issue fines for minor infractions that don't warrant a full on arrest. It would be an optionally carried by Security that can be used to open the Sentencing Terminal. However, it would only be limited to issuing fines and not brig times. As such it would only list low level infractions (except i112 and i113). This means, an officer can, instead of weighing a situation as being too much work for such a small brig time, can instead just issue a small fine on the spot, then go about their day.

Benefit: It would allow Security to speed up the processing time for minor infractions that would otherwise take more time processing than the brig timer would even issue. A great example would be; A security officer is doing a patrol and sees someone crawling through a window to get into a department they don't belong. They detain the individual and contact the department only to be found that no one invited the person in. "Sir, this qualifies as trespassing under article i101 of the Corporate Regulations handbook. You're going to be issued a fine of 200 credits. Please hand me your ID." The person can either hand over their ID and pay the fine, or try to escape leading to bigger charges and brig time.

[Faye <3]

i like this

[ClemTheDuck]

holy shit this is a good idea.

[Pratepresidenten]

Dunno why this hasnt been suggested before. Its a stellar idea that cuts down on annoying "Come to the brig to get processed and possibly busted" time.

10/10

[Carver]

As long as I can refuse the fine and go to the brig instead, to be fully processed and given cell time, I am fine with this.

[Korinra]

13 hours ago, Carver said:

As long as I can refuse the fine and go to the brig instead, to be fully processed and given cell time, I am fine with this.

Yeah I mean, refusal to pay a fine wouldn't be a crime in itself so you would just end up with brig time. As long as you're not trying to run away or anything there wouldn't be any additional crimes to add. In a perfect situation it would basically play out like this;

Officer: "Sir, you've been utilizing coms to spread unnecessary concern about the issue. You've been warned multiple times to stop, and now you're being fined for misuse of coms. Please hand me your ID for processing."
You: "I don't want to pay the fine."
Officer: "The alternative would be brig time."
You: "I understand that"
Officer: "Come with me then."

[OffRoad99]

This is absolutely spectacular. I want this!

[greenjoe]

I wonder if any regulation adjustments would need to be made to account for issuing fines on the go

[KingOfThePing]

There wouldn't be a problem to adjust or regulate the use of a holo-ticketer, e.g. it is only usable for minor infractions. That shouldnt be the problem

[greenjoe]

Would a warrant be needed to hand out a fine, since it's 'technecally' an arrest? Just using the ticketer to do the processing and fine on the spot rather then going to the brig for it.

[KingOfThePing]

While I am not Lancer, so I can only speak on my behalf and not the entirety of CCIA, I'd think, as in real life, you do not need a warrant for a fine. 

[greenjoe]

that makes sense, though seeing what lancer would say on the matter would be useful to know for when/if it's actually implemented

[Korinra]

For the same reason you don't need an arrest warrant to arrest someone you saw breaking into an area, you'd just be able to issue a fine rather than making it a big deal. See someone drawing graffiti? Fine them and call the janitor. See someone sneaking over the counter to get into the bar? Fine them and send them on their way. Things that don't really involve an investigation. Another good instance, if someone turns themselves in for a minor infraction or admits to it. "Hey I did this and I feel bad about it", have them sign a confession and fine them.

Now how a warrant would play into it. If you get a search warrant and find minor contraband (bottle of pills, etc...) confiscate the contraband and issue a fine. A fine isn't technically "like an arrest" it's an alternative to an arrest. A good example of this, if you're speeding, the police are allowed to arrest you and take you to jail. However, as an alternative, they're also allowed to issue you a fine since it's such a minor infraction that going to jail over it is stupid. This is one of those kinds of cases. You'd need a warrant any time you didn't witness the crime first hand during code green like normal, but if you saw the crime in action, fine and go. If a warrant is issued for a minor infraction, the arresting officer would have the option of fining or bringing in to the brig, for especially small infractions a fine would be suggested unless the victim resisted arrest or is a repeat offender.

Edited November 13, 2021 by Korinra

[Zulu0009]

Absolute +1

Security tends to overreact a lot and send many officers to deal with a minor infraction. Giving them the possibility to just issue a fine on the spot pushes forward a more relaxed and realistic style.

[Alfa1561]

I made a similar suggestion without realising it had already somewhat been made, with the only difference being that instead of a new device, it would work as a programme on security PDAs or Tablets:

Reason being it would cut down on giving security yet another object to carry around and find a place for, condensing part of their equipment down into the PDA they likely already carry. Either that, or I suppose you could try merge the holowarrant and a holo ticket book into the same object with different modes?

 

Either way, fully support it. I used to do this manually when the EFTPOS was set up.