Do You Gamble When You Park?

The Societal Perspective of Parking Fairness & Enforcement

They say cities are managed by “real people”. People, elected into office and in turn work for the good of the people who elected them. City staff enforces the rules and regulations of the city and the laws, which have been voted on and placed upon the legal statutes. Each citizen informed through public means of the laws by which they must abide or face the consequences. Fact of the matter is, you will never please everybody and each individual will have a differing opinion on what is right and wrong about the city’s legal system and charter. Politician against business owner, member of the public against elected official and so it goes...

Parking opinions revolve in cycles, the public and business leaders wanting one thing and the city leadership wanting another. Management of enforcement always wish to put their own spin and stamp of approval on the day-to-day running of such matters. It should not happen, but it does. Productivity and efficiency should be the only criteria. Is that not the logic of life?

Parking spaces and parking rights have been discussed, argued and fought over since the automobile first rolled off the production line and on to the streets. A parking space is a piece of real estate managed by the city. It has a built-in cost annualized and rented out for use by the citizenry. If the renter overstays their welcome, there is a further fee or penalty. If they happen to be breaking other laws whilst in that rented space, then the penalties apply and are collectable. Pretty simple you would think?

Parking enforcement revenues are only second to gambling profits. Shhhh, do not let anyone in a city parking enforcement know that I just told you an economic fact of life. It is a given that a well-managed parking enforcement department can contribute a considerable amount of a city’s revenue and have a very manageable overhead. Good business sense and team effort is all it takes.

So why are cities complaining that revenues are down? It is not that the

public has changed its parking habits. In fact, the parking abilities of most citizens have become even worse. They gamble that because the economy is down and jobs within cities are being cut, they have a better chance of beating the system. There is nothing like gambling against a city law and winning. Oh dear, it is like walking into a casino and thinking you will beat the tables and be a millionaire. If a gambling person I would say, your chances are slim to none!

It is all about risk taking! 

Cities believe that the parking enforcement solution providers can make it all better by going so called high tech. Sadly, not the fact, what the manufacturers of so-called high-tech and what is really a nuisance, are two different things. Handheld computer machines with a printer attached to the hip are awkward and cumbersome to use all day long. The wrong keys get pressed, the ticket paper jams and heaven forbid if the machine shuts down all together.

Remember people are lazy and even when they are asked to do their job, will try every which they can to ease their load. Look, parking enforcement is not the most affectionate job in the whole wide world, then again, nor is an executioner!

So what are we talking about? Are we a solution provider? Yes, with a better mousetrap and proven to boot! How high-tech are we? We are not to the user, that is the parking enforcement officer, they are going to use a digital pen, paper citation and a cell phone. All of the high-tech stuff happens behind the scenes and does not concern them. A little retraining on filling out the citation is required and can be as much as fifteen minutes at the most.

Our record of accomplishment for usage is more than acceptable as we have

cities that have been using the solution for over 6 years and never replaced a digital pen. No upgrades on the frontend whatsoever, everything to the user is just as simple as using a pen. No paper to jam and certainly no lost or deferred data. It is a “real time” solution that brings in the revenue. The online payment portal is simplistic and used from a computer or a Smartphone and is payable within seconds if they so wish.

You can have all the most fangled gizmos you want to tell you someone has parked, what it comes down to is enforcing an infraction. The ability to write the ticket, take photographic evidence and in “real time” have it on the system with a method of payment at hand. If they wish to challenge, this to, is online with the hearing officer having all the evidence right in front of them to adjudicate the challenge. In most cases, you hear “case confirmed and challenge dismissed”!

The cost per digital pen is in the hundreds and is not obsolete in a matter of months. Other handheld devices are always being upgraded or made obsolete. Everything we do is in the background and does not require retraining in any way, shape or form.

Just think, the answer is “write” at your fingertips... 

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Happy Mother's Day and More...

Happy Mother's Day

by Nick Ashton, Founder/CEO,

Tracometry Group of Companies

Next week, Tracometry Group of Companies will bring to the forefront the express need for more Canine Sniffer Dogs and how, a department can utilize resources during events and maintain a public trust.

Plus, the most expensive event in a police department is an in-custody death, we will discuss Excited Delirium and why we have the most up-to-date answers to protect your citizens, officers and the finances of a city.

Our Summer Seminar Road-Show can come to your department to bring you more information and bring TRUST, RESPECT and PRIDE back to your department and communities.

Stay tuned!

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International Concerns...

Is This What Will Happen To Your Country?

When the shearing sheds are silent and the stock camps fallen quiet
when the gidgee coals no longer glow across the outback night

And the bush is forced to hang a  sign, 'gone broke and won't be back'
and spirits fear to find a way beyond the beaten track

When harvesters stand derelict upon the wind swept plains
and brave hearts pin their hopes no more on chance of loving rains

When a hundred outback settlements are ghost towns overnight
when we've lost the drive and heart we had to once more see us right

When 'Pioneer' means a stereo and 'Digger' some backhoe
and the 'Outback' is behind the house, there's nowhere else to go

And 'Anzac' is a biscuit brand and probably foreign owned
and education really means brainwashed and neatly cloned

When you have to bake a loaf of bread to make a decent crust
and our heritage once enshrined in gold is crumbling to dust

And old folk pay their camping fees on land for which they fought
and fishing is a great escape; this is until you're caught

When you see our kids with yankee caps and resentment in their eyes
and soaring crime and hopeless hearts are no longer a surprise

When the name of RM Williams is a yuppie clothing  brand
not a product of our heritage that grew off the land

When offering a  hand makes people think you'll  amputate
and two dogs meeting in the street is what you call a 'Mate'

When 'Political Correctness' has replaced all common sense,
when you're forced to see it their way, there's no sitting on the fence

Yes one day you might find yourself an outcast in this land
perhaps your heart will tell you then, I should have made a stand'

Just go and ask the farmers that should remove all doubt
Then join the swelling ranks who say, ' don't sell  Australia out'
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Murdering the Messenger...

Those That Kill The Messenger…

By Nick Ashton, Founder, CEO,

Tracometry Group of Companies.

How many critics and soothsayers can there be?  It seems public safety, security, law enforcement and crime fighters worldwide are always under the double microscope, by people who are total cowards.  This people could not say boo to a goose, but can deliver a self-serving message to the media, as long as the red light is on the video camera.

Is the reason why they attack successful people simply that their own inadequacies pain them so much, that they have to be as anti as they can be?  They call black, white and argue so violently they become flustered, with a Nixon sweating top lip and rouge filled cheeks.

Politicians are the worse and the poster child for Messenger Killers!  Just like when the Police Chief is holding a press conference (Presser) and it is fact they are not going to reveal the evidence of

the on-going case.  There is always a group of dumb journalists who keep asking the same question that has already be answered, by stating, “it is an on-going case and I can’t answer that at this time”, or, simply, “I don’t know.”  Is that why they call it a presser?  They are pressing for answers they should know they will never get or did they just walk in off the street and pretend to be a journalist?

On the hill (Washington D.C.) yesterday, politicians where grandstanding over the a key Benghazi whistle-blower, responding to Democratic claims that the prolonged scrutiny over the administration's botched talking points is unwarranted, testified Wednesday that the early mischaracterization of the attack may have actually hurt the FBI's investigation.

"I definitely believe that it negatively affected our ability to get the FBI team quickly to Benghazi," said Greg Hicks, the deputy chief of mission in Libya who became the top U.S. diplomat in the country after Ambassador Chris Stevens was killed. He claimed the Libyan president was angered by the mischaracterization, in turn slowing the U.S. probe.

In murder or abduction cases, yes the police want the help of the public and let them assist, they are the experts, and layout the case in the manner they know will garner assistance.  Media manipulation by law enforcement is necessary as it seems the education level is getting lower and lower and the asking of senseless questions in most cases.

The Tracometry Group of Companies stands by our public servants and are proud to work hand in hand in the fight against crime and supporting the public by increasing their safety.

I ask you to stop and think for a moment if you can tear yourself away from Twitting crap to your so called “followers”, start understanding there are people who know more than you and have great success when they are allowed to do their job.  Stop using your thumbs as your way to change the world, we cannot “thumb” our way out of the problems, mainly by using unsocial media.

The message is loud and clear, think before you attempt to be a so-called expert and really know nothing.  Reason, you know nothing!

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Law Enforcement, is this a case of Excited Delirium?

Excited Delirium can be the most expensive

death for a city or municipality.

By Nick Ashton, Founder, CEO,

Tracometry Group of Companies.

An in-custody death is always tragic for both the family, officer and department.  They are preventable!

By using a restraint solution (http://mjmrestraints.com/) and a medic using a knock out spray, the subject is rendered harmless for medical reasons, so not to do harm to him or her self.

MJM Restraints created the most universal suspect restraints for vehicles and airlines.

Combative suspect restraint is a very sensitive subject to most law enforcement departments and airlines. 

How do you protect the citizens of your area or passengers on your aircraft and still have if safe for your Officers/ Air Crew/ Passengers and the Suspect, even when a suspect may not be cooperative?

MJM Restraints has over 13 years of actual law enforcement experience and testing put into the design of our Suspect Safety Sling.

Also excellent for securing unruly passengers on an aircraft.

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Latest Story for KSL News:

Officer deploys stun gun during arrest; man later dies
By Geoff Liesik
May 6th, 2013 @ 5:28pm

VERNAL — Police are investigating the death of a man who died three days after an officer used a Taser to subdue and arrest him.

On April 30, officers were called to the Sage Motel, 54 W. Main in Vernal, after someone reported that a pickup truck was being burglarized in the parking lot, according to Assistant Vernal Police Chief Keith Campbell.

The officers found Jayson Leon Carmickle in the motel parking lot. A witness identified Carmickle as the person who was breaking into the truck and officers attempted to arrest him, Campbell said.

"Verbal commands were issued to the suspect and he refused to comply," the assistant chief said. "Attempts to physically restrain the suspect resulted in his resisting arrest and in him assaulting officers."

One officer used a Taser to subdue Carmickle, who was arrested and taken to the Uintah County Jail. He continued to be combative, Campbell said, so he was placed in a holding cell.

"Within minutes, it was discovered that Carmickle was unresponsive," Campbell said.

An ambulance was called to the jail, and Carmickle, 28, was taken to Ashley Regional Medical Center. He was later flown by medical helicopter to University Hospital, where he died May 2.

Authorities are awaiting the results of an autopsy to determine the cause of Carmickle's death.

A check of state court records shows Carmickle has prior convictions for assault by a prisoner, propelling a substance or object at a corrections officer, DUI and damaging a jail. His most recent conviction was a March 12 guilty plea in 8th District Court to a misdemeanor theft charge.




Geoff Liesik, Reporter/Eastern Utah Correspondent

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