The CAD Zone Inc. introduces an electronic state crash report system called STARS. To develop the system, CAD Zone has teamed up with Essociates Group of Kansas, experts in form creation. STARS is an affordable solution for police departments who wish to have entirely paperless crash reports. Each new STARS form is designed using that state's coding manual which details how the form is to be filled out. Essociates Group then compares the new electronic report with the state's existing paper report form to make sure the electronic version is an exact replica. An advantage to using STARS is the ability to integrate a diagram of the accident scene directly into the diagram field on the electronic report form. The text portion of the complete report and the diagram are saved as a single file so they can be easily e-mailed or digitally submitted. The completed report can be printed or saved as a .pdf file.
