Re: speeding detected by civilians

[stewarts@ix.netcom.com (Bill Stewart)]

At 02:01 PM 7/13/95 -0700, Vladimir Z. Nuri wrote:
>Vernon Hills, Illinois, a Chicago suburb, has passed legislation allowing 
>citizens to check out radar guns from the local police department to 
>catch speeders in their community. The radar guns are combined with 
>cameras in order to instantaneously capture the car, license number, and the 
>rate of speed. The citizens can check out the units for a week at a time. The 
>police have stated that they, at this time, will use the data to issue 
>warning letters to the violaters.

I wonder how they'll feel if citizens start tracking the speeds of
police cars and reporting them..... :-)
#                                Thanks;  Bill
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