Bureau of Transportation Safety and Technical Services

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The Wisconsin State Patrol Bureau of Transportation Safety and Technical Services (BOTS) provides:

  • Safety programs and safety policy analysis
  • Public outreach on safety issues
  • Administration of the statewide chemical testing program

The bureau's Public Safety Technology Services Section is dedicated to providing a wide range of technology services to law enforcement agencies across the state, including:

Members of the "Badger" TraCS Unit develop and maintain a suite of more than 20 forms for use by all Wisconsin law enforcement agencies through Traffic and Criminal Software (TraCS), a data collection tool. Forms created and supported by the unit include, but are not limited to, the DT4000 Crash Report, Uniform Traffic Citation, Natural Resources Citation, Non-Traffic Citation, Pursuit, Incident, Use of Force and Arrest-Related Death (UFAD), Warning form, and the Driver Condition Report. Beyond form development and maintenance, unit members support a hosted TraCS environment for over 400 outside agencies. The technical expertise of the unit is also applied in its work with other technical areas in assuring the reliable and secure transmission of TraCS data to its various endpoints across the state and beyond. The unit also hosts an annual Statewide TraCS Users Conference training event for the over 550 agencies that use TraCS.

BadgerTraCS@dot.wi.gov (questions and support requests)

Crash Records Unit members serve as the data stewards for Wisconsin DT4000 motor vehicle crash data as also perform fatal crash reporting through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS). This unit also provides front-line support for law enforcement users and the public for a host of crash data-related collection systems, including the WisDOT's Driver Report of Crash (DROC) and Insurance Reporting on Crash (IROC) web applications. Members also works closely with the Wisconsin Traffic Operations and Safety Laboratory (TOPS) and TraCS Unit on crash data collection and crash data improvement efforts. Crash data is then made available to the public and traffic safety entities through various means, including TOPS WisTransPortal System and Community Maps.

DSPTrafficCrashes@dot.wi.gov (questions and support requests)

Members of the Enforcement Technology Unit are sworn law enforcement officers who, in addition to using various law enforcement technologies in the field, serve as liaisons between the section's technical areas and law enforcement users. Unit members are involved in technology evaluations and field testing of new products as well as in providing first-line technical support for law enforcement users. Members also provide tailored training and documentation for internal and external law enforcement users and assist in the administration of Mobile Architecture for Communications Handling (MACH), WisDOT's police pursuit data collection process (through TraCS), and other hardware and software.

MACH@dot.wi.gov (questions and support requests)

Pursuits@dot.wi.gov (questions and support requests)