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Online Accident Reports

The City of Darien Police Department has entered into an agreement with DOCVIEW, LLC to place traffic accident reports on-line. The TRACView Accident Report System was selected to serve as our traffic accident insurance and citizen request technology.

What is TRACView?

TRACView is an Internet based application that was developed to help law enforcement agencies and insurance companies manage and access traffic accident reports in a more efficient manner.  Through the use of "cutting edge" online document management technology, you are now able to rapidly find and view an accident report usually within 24 hours of being scanned.  No more waiting in line or mailing report request forms.  Now you can access your reports over the Internet, 24 hours a day!

Like most law enforcement agencies across America, the Darien Police Department has been pursuing an alternative to the hardcopy reporting, storing, and servicing of report requests.  The Darien Police Department concluded that the TRACView system was the most suitable and secure solution as a local accident repository for insurance and citizen report requests.  The Darien Police Department wanted a system that was designed to do the following:

• Allow multi-jurisdictional data sharing and searching
• A comprehensive system to facilitate web accessible availability of accident reports for insurance companies, officers and citizens
• Remove the police department from the billing and request
  fulfillment process
• Provide officers and investigators access to accident information
  for all agencies on the system.

In addition, the TRACView system:

• Makes reports are available from work or home, 24 hours a day via the
  Internet.
• Saves citizens the hassles of driving downtown, paying to park, and standing in line.
• Reports are converted to PDF format making them easy to view, save, print and email.
• Finding a report takes only a few seconds.
• Reports are accessible usually within 24 hours of being scanned,
  excluding holidays and weekends.
• Reports cannot be modified, maintaining report integrity.
• Provides clear, high resolution images of each report for optimal viewing and printing.

TRACView provides Police Departments with a high speed scanner, or fax machine, scanning software, and training.  TRACView charges a nominal convenience fee for this service which is added to the cost of the report.  Citizens who do not wish to pay the convenience fee can still come to the police station and pay the normal report fee if they wish.

Click here to review your accident report online.