Office of Commercial Vehicle Enforcement

Citations and Request for Data Review

Enforcement

• Efficient, Effective and Accurate.• Florida Statutes / Federal Regulations.• Same Process as Past, minor differences.• Violations.

– Document all violations on DVER accurately.– Specific method of documenting violations.

CVE Trooper Training

• Training.– 160 hours- Part A, Part B and Size/Weight.– 8 weeks of FTEP.– 104 hours- HM, Cargo Tank and Other Bulk

Packaging.– 80 hours Post Crash.– 24 hours Passenger Carrier Inspections.

Inspection / Citation Review Process

• Driver- Inspection Review.• Weekly Reports- reviewed by sergeant.• Random reviews by supervisors.• Prompted Reviews.

• Calls by other troopers.• Calls by the industry.

– Preparation of citations for Commercial Motor Vehicle Review Board.• Past 60 days for CMVRB.

– Requests for Data Review (Data Q).

Inspection Processes• Inspections Without a Citation.

– Requests for Data Review would go directly into the system.

• Inspections With a Uniform Commercial Citation.– Commercial Motor Vehicle Review Board and adjudicated

citation process.• Inspections with a Uniform Traffic Citation.

– Court and adjudicated citation process.• Adjudicated Citation Process.

– Applies to inspections starting August 23, 2014.– Conviction, Dismissed/Not Guilty, or Lesser Charge.– Carrier must provide the court documentation.

Request for Data Review - Process

• Data Q Specialist receives RDR and assigns to the appropriate tier.

• Tier 1- To District Commander.• Tier 2- To Troop Commander.

– Carriers should indicate that they have previously Data Q’d the violation.

• Original Data Q.• New Data Q and reference previous Data Q.

• Tier 3- To Deputy Director.– Will contact the carrier.

Best Practices

• Be specific on the violation and the reason for the Data Q.

• Frivolous Data Q’s.• Provide pertinent background information.

– Reference the regulation or interpretation– Logbooks- day plus previous 7, lease agreements

• Include pictures and attachments.• Inspections 3 years / Crashes 5 years.• Maximum size- 5 megabytes (issues- call us).