[Army_Strong]

I have not been a cop for three years, but wrote my fair share of tickets in the three years that I was. Everytime that someone wanted to fight a ticket I had to take the radar calabration certification with me to court. I have no clue how the calabartion works, some expert came in and did it. Everyday I had to check the calabration which is done with the tuning forks. This was done several times a day. There is no long that the officer did the check, that was a we trust the officer that he did it thing. In court you had to be able to tell the court how the check was done. I know some officer that never did the check but memorized the process. I am not sure of the brand of radar we used but they were considered accurate within plus or minus two miles per hour. So if my radar was off two miles an hour fast and you were going 9 miles an hour over the speed limit I had you at 11 miles per hour over. I am sure that every radar is similar. It sucks if you were not speeding, but most local judges always side with the officer. I remember someone wanted to fight one that I had written them. The judge asked the person if the officer said he used the radar and when the person said yes he was found guilty without a trail. Which was wrong, but that is how the local judges role.