DLLAJ can ticket traffic offenders

DLLAJ can ticket traffic offenders

City Land Transportation and Traffic Control Agency (DLLAJ)
officials who are on duty in the street are allowed to ticket
drivers of public vehicles, taxis and delivery vans who commit
traffic infractions, a police officer says.

"These DLLAJ officials have the authority to do so provided
that, before being submitted to court, the dossiers must be
accompanied by letters of recommendation signed by traffic police
officers," Col. Soeroso, chief of the city's traffic directorate,
was quoted as saying by Antara here yesterday.

Speaking to reporters and accompanied by the city's DLLAJ
chief, J.P. Sepang, Soeroso said the police officers who signed
letters of recommendation should be well informed of the contents
of the dossiers to be submitted to court.

This clarification has put to rest the long-standing
controversy over whether DLLAJ officers are also allowed to
ticket traffic violators, a task which many previously believed
was the sole prerogative of traffic police on street patrol.

Previously DLLAJ officers were only allowed to identify
violators and hand over their information to police, who would
then issue red-colored tickets.

But Soeroso stressed that DLLAJ officers are in no way allowed
to issue tickets for drivers of private cars. "They have no
authority whatsoever to ticket drivers of privately owned cars.
It is exclusively the task of police." (bas)