| you do not have to be certified to use radar in kansas.. prob 80 - 90% of oficers aren't. basicly all the cert does is explain the basic principles of the doppler effect. in most jurisdictions officers are not required to keep a log of violaters they stop. and with the type of radar the KHP uses the new STALKER, it will read an ERROR mesage or something to that effect unless they've changed the read out.
Another key part in the doppler radar system is the effect of weather and RFI ( radio interferance ). RFI will usualy not let ur radar get any readings or if u do get a reading it's usualy way out of wack. basic rule is that once u believe a violater to be speeding. u activate ur radar listen for the tone ( goos tone means u have a good " lock on" and check your display. and if your speed is showing correct and the RFI light is not on then the violaters speed is correct. |