Court discusses using video/remote processing to reduce long jail and bond trips
Commissioners said the county is working toward processing bonds and some jail business over a network to reduce long, early-morning drives by justices and staff; a vendor, Texas Computers Associates and technician Shannon (Pontier/Ponnier), was mentioned as helpful in speeding fixes.
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Commissioner Powell told the court the county is pursuing options to reduce travel by enabling bond and bail processing over a network or via video, which officials said would minimize early-morning drives from outlying precincts to the courthouse. "We're gonna be working toward where they don't have to drive up here… so my concern is not the money. It's staying and driving up here on the morning…" he said, urging that the court keep working toward remote processing to limit hazardous long drives.
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