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Originally Posted by AirGoya
so when cops are just driving down the road they're not using their radar? But they can still get you for speeding right? I rarely see cops just sitting there with the gun, they're allways driving cause i live by a jail and courthouse and stuff so...  |
Radar can be run both stationary and moving. The radar unit has functions for both, stationary and moving as well as front and back. Our traffic guys will do both. But, we also have sleeper Crown Vics in all colors. The SAPD logo is on the side of the car in hologram. It's actually kinda cool. You would never know it if you werent' looking for it. I actually passed a maroon SAPD traffic officer who pulled me over. Never even saw him.
Radar is extrememly reliable if you know how to use it. If there is a new officer using the unit, they need to sit down, try it out, and test it for a while. I've sat on the access and picked up speeders on the hwy thinking it was the guy on the access. If I wasn't sure, I didn't mess with it. I'm not going to stop someone for something
I THOUGHT they could have been doing. I'm going to stop someone for something
THEY ARE doing. That's what concerns me w/ new officers just learning on the radar.
It really only takes a couple hours to get a good feel about who is speeding. If you have ever sat on the side of the road for hours on end, you can actually start guessing peoples speeds. I'll sit there w/ the radar gun in a school zone. I won't put it out the window. I'll wait for someone who looks like they are speeding and then radar them. I can usually guess their speed. I'll radar them and usually it's almost on the nose. It just comes natural after sitting there w/ the gun hitting 100's of cars w/ the radar gun. But, I don't stop that many people anyway. I might write 3 tickets a month. Haven't had a one yet this month.