If you get a ticket while driving in LaPorte County, expect the whole process to take less time. All around the state of Indiana, a new e-ticket systems is being implemented. The LaPorte County Sheriff's Department is the 100th police agency statewide to use it.

St. Joseph County Police, Roseland Police and Lakeville Police are using the system too. In Mishawaka and South Bend, police departments are implementing the systems currently.

Police say there are many reasons to make the switch to the Electronic Citation and Warning System - none more important than officer safety.

"The most dangerous time it is for an officer on a traffic stop is when they're pulled over and stopped on the side of the road," said 1st Sgt. Larry Jenkins of Indiana State Police.

That's why police say the new system makes sense.

"By this being electronic now we reduce the amount of time that it takes to hand write a ticket because it's all being done electronically using the scanner," said Jenkins.

Here's how it works: the back of a driver's license gets scanned, and so does the registration. The officer types in the offense, the court date, and then prints the ticket.

It all takes about 3 to 4 minutes.

"Because the scanning equipment operates so much faster than writing the ticket in hand, the law enforcement officer spends a half to a third as much time on the side of the road," said Justice Frank Sullivan of the Indiana Supreme Court.

The e-tickets get uploaded into an online database. Police say that cuts out excess paper -- and human error.

"No longer does the county have to invest in books and books and books of traffic tickets, nor in the personnel necessary to re-enter the information written out in hand into computer systems," said Sullivan.

Indiana State Police say they've had the system since 2007. They say they issued more tickets in 2008 compared with 2007.