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Asked in Williams, AZ May 10, 2015 ,  5 answers Visitors: 126
If a cop stops you and tells you he stopped for going 35 in a 25 dont I have the right to see the radar that states I was speed
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Posted on / May 16, 2015 00:44:15

You don't have a right to see a radar gun in Arizona. You have a right to have the police officer put on evidence that can be used against you in Court. This evidence can be int he form of printouts, calibration checks, oral testimony or witnesses. Since having the radar is not part of the statute, you can't get the ticket dismissed if he doesn't have a radar.

You seem to have already gone to traffic school. Assuming you were eligible for traffic school, your case will be dismissed.

Anonymous
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Posted on / May 10, 2015 21:29:18

No right to see the radar gun here in Missouri too.

Anonymous
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Posted on / May 10, 2015 19:09:59

No Arizona law, rule, or procedure requires the officer to show you the speed measurement device readout. As a civil traffic case, there is no right to discovery, and the rules of evidence do not apply in court, hearsay is admissible, and relevance is the only standard that applies to offered evidence.

As a practical matter, it is sometimes possible to use Arizona's public records laws to obtain information that you could use at the hearing, but that would cover things like police reports, maintenance records, training logs, radio call recordings, manuals, computer aided dispatch logs, memos, and the like.

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Tempe, AZ 85282
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Anonymous
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Posted on / May 10, 2015 14:45:38

In Georgia the officer is not required to show you the radar or laser used to clock your speed. The law may very well differ in AZ, so hopefully someone who practices out there will chime in on this thread. Good luck!

Anonymous
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Posted on / May 10, 2015 12:42:27

He indeed may have been violating the law, but that does not entitle you to break the law, too. You do have the right to see the radar documentation if it was used, however, here it does not appear that radar was used to estimate your speed.

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