TOPICS OF INSTRUCTION:
This course will provide law enforcement officers with the knowledge and skills necessary to successfully use a department issued LASER.
Students will receive classroom and practical hands-on training in the use of hand-held LASER speed detection devices.
OBJECTIVES:
- Students will explore how speed enforcement correlates with reduced crashes and their severity.
- Students will understand the history and development of LASER light and the LASER theory.
- Students will be able to explain how a LASER unit determines the speed of a vehicle.
- Students will be able to describe the parts of the LASER.
- Students will be able to set up, test and read the LASER unit.
- Students will have knowledge of the potential health risks of a LASER unit.
- Students will explore the legal aspects of LASER and have knowledge of courtroom testimony.
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