YELLOW SHEET
Office of the State Auditor of Missouri
Claire McCaskill
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YELLOW SHEET Office of the State Auditor of Missouri |
December 18, 2001
Report No. 2001-118
Improved reporting of drug/alcohol related traffic convictions has increased
state’s ability to curb repeat offenders
This audit reviewed how well Missouri’s circuit court clerks reported
Class D Felony drug/alcohol-related convictions to the state’s Highway Patrol. Reporting conviction information increases the
state’s ability to take appropriate action against repeat offenders.
Circuit clerks correctly reported
90 percent of the drug/alcohol-related convictions to the highway patrol,
according to audit tests. Auditors reviewed
205 drug/alcohol-related traffic convictions generated over 6 months in 20
Missouri counties.
Ten courts reported all convictions
Circuit clerks in Dade, Dunklin, Iron, Lawrence, Lewis, Lincoln,
Newton, Pemiscot, Ripley, and St. Louis counties successfully reported all
required conviction information in such offenses. An automated reporting system aided the high performance rate in
St. Louis County, which had the largest case volume—94 convictions. (See page 3)
Training and automation improved reporting