Vic Police digitises infringement notices

Victoria Police is deploying an app to its mobile device fleet that digitises the issuing of roadside infringement notices.

The ePINs - electronic penalty infringement notices - app was first deployed to members of the state highway patrol in February.

It has so far been used to issue 5143 notices in the first two months of being available.

With the force wanting to completely eliminate the 350,000-plus paper notices it issues each year, it is now broadening the deployment of the app.

“The force-wide rollout is expected to be completed by June 2025,” Victoria Police said in a statement.

Victoria Police said the app contains “built-in information on penalty codes, penalty amounts, demerit points and the ability to calculate infringement due dates.”

The electronic notice is issued either as a PDF file to a person’s email address or as an MMS to their mobile phone.

The force said that an ePIN can also “be printed and mailed to [a] residential address” if the person is unable to receive it electronically.

Victoria Police said that “the shift away from paper-based administration creates significant efficiencies, with more time able to be dedicated to policing and community safety.”

Deputy commissioner Wendy Steendam added that digitising the process made sense, given licensing and other “traditional paperwork” collection is already digital.