ARIZONA
I was cited for speeding on June 3rd of this year and just had my hearing on August 28th (yay for my right to a 'speedy' trial!).
I was cited for doing 48 in a 35 zone, which is bogus (I'm often referred to as a 'grandma' driver by my friends/family). The officer told me that he used a radar device, so I did all of my pre-trial research based on radar. Turns out he used Lidar, so the judge wouldn't accept any of my radar case law.
Through my questioning I learned that the officer's Lidar device has not been calibrated or certified since 2000. When I asked him if he could provide documentation that the device is currently certified/calibrated, he said "I don't have to." I moved to dismiss based on the device not being mantained in a reasonable manner and the judge denied it, asking me if I had any case law with me that would support throwing out Lidar based on lack of maintenence (which I didn't since all of my research was specific to Lidar).
Here's my question - how do I find out what the make/model of the officer's Lidar device is? The only thing I was provided by the Tucson Police Department was their internal inventory number for the device (PL10877). I'd love to be able to look up the manual for the device to see if the manufacturer recommends having it serviced/calibrated once every TEN years!
I was cited for speeding on June 3rd of this year and just had my hearing on August 28th (yay for my right to a 'speedy' trial!).
I was cited for doing 48 in a 35 zone, which is bogus (I'm often referred to as a 'grandma' driver by my friends/family). The officer told me that he used a radar device, so I did all of my pre-trial research based on radar. Turns out he used Lidar, so the judge wouldn't accept any of my radar case law.
Through my questioning I learned that the officer's Lidar device has not been calibrated or certified since 2000. When I asked him if he could provide documentation that the device is currently certified/calibrated, he said "I don't have to." I moved to dismiss based on the device not being mantained in a reasonable manner and the judge denied it, asking me if I had any case law with me that would support throwing out Lidar based on lack of maintenence (which I didn't since all of my research was specific to Lidar).
Here's my question - how do I find out what the make/model of the officer's Lidar device is? The only thing I was provided by the Tucson Police Department was their internal inventory number for the device (PL10877). I'd love to be able to look up the manual for the device to see if the manufacturer recommends having it serviced/calibrated once every TEN years!