Getting a ticket is rarely fun but with new hand-held citation devices and a new software system the state is switching over to, ticket-writing time has diminished to a swift five minutes. The process, of replacing the old hand-held devices with the new hand-held devices has been helped along by a $10,000 grant for equipment that will buy seven new devices.The sheriff's office, along with two other counties, won the grant during a drawing with points toward it earned for Joining Forces activities, a program of the Department of Public Safety.Sgt. Darrin Sloan took charge of the Joining Forces program …


