Reclaiming Revenue: How Odyssey helps counties collect outstanding fines and court costs
May 6, 2013 by Mary L. DePrez ·
Each year, millions of dollars in fines and courts costs charged to defendants in Indiana’s courts go unpaid, often leaving courts and clerks with little recourse for collecting those debts. Some people simply forget that they got that speeding ticket; others cannot come up with the money to pay that fine on time; and [...]
New INcite Application for Presentence Investigation Goes Live Statewide
May 2, 2012 by Mary L. DePrez ·
The Judicial Conference of Indiana is a statutorily created body consisting of all of the trial, appellate, and senior judges serving in Indiana. A board of directors guides their activities, which are carried out by the Indiana Judicial Center. In Indiana, probation services are housed within the judiciary, and probation officers work for and [...]
New INcite Application: Presentence Investigation Report/Abstract of Judgment
October 31, 2011 by Mary L. DePrez ·
Following on the heels of the INcite Risk Assessment application, JTAC is developing a new INcite application that will incorporate the Presentence Investigation Report (PSI) and the Abstract of Judgment. We are working under the direction of the Records Management Committee, along with a sub-committee of judges, a circuit court clerk, and representatives with [...]
INcite Once Again Provides Driver Histories
September 13, 2010 by Mary L. Deprez ·
When INcite was initially launched, users had access to suspension and conviction information, but a later change in software used by the Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV) removed that access. As of July 1, 2010, that access is restored, and for the first time, title, lien and vehicle registration information is also included.
In addition to [...]
One Less Obstacle for Abuse Victims Seeking Court Intervention
May 5, 2010 by Mary L. DePrez ·
Victims of violence in Indiana can now file petitions seeking court protection orders electronically from the privacy and safety of a victim advocate’s office or a domestic violence shelter. Over 250 victim advocates in more than 79 counties have been given access and trained to use a new Advocate Access site for the statewide Protection [...]
Revisiting the Vision
February 28, 2010 by Mary L. DePrez ·
The state of Indiana trial court technology ten years after JTAC’s founding and a reminder about how we got here in the first place—
Two years into the deployment of Indiana’s uniform statewide Odyssey case management system (CMS), 51 courts in 19 counties are up and running, managing more than 22% of the state’s caseload. Now, [...]
Shooting at Virginia Tech Effects Change for Hoosiers
December 31, 2009 by Mary L. DePrez ·
In the wake of the Virginia Tech shooting tragedy, on April 16, 2007, Congress passed the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (“The Act”). The Act gives states greater incentives to submit records to the FBI regarding individuals who are prohibited from purchasing firearms. Representative Vern Tincher, a retired [...]
From Necessary to Mandatory: Indiana’s Electronic Protection Order Registry
June 30, 2009 by Mary L. DePrez ·
Members of the Indiana justice community often express the logistical challenges they face in their daily work. Judges, law enforcement officers, and victim advocates over the years have shared their frustration with the paper-based system for processing protection orders—as well as the delays and sometimes, the danger, it caused. Supreme Court Justice Frank Sullivan, Jr., [...]
10 More Courts Using Odyssey
April 30, 2009 by Mary L. DePrez ·
The Highest-Volume Court in Indiana
With over 200,000 infraction and ordinance violation cases filed in 2008, the Marion County Violations Bureau (Traffic Court) adjudicates more cases than any other court in the state. In February 2009, following many months of planning sessions and training classes, the Traffic Court began using Odyssey, the statewide case management system [...]
