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Minnesota Statutes 2002, 169.14 Page <br /> <br />interference from outside sources; and <br /> <br /> (4) the device was tested by an accurate and reliable <br />external mechanism, method, or system at the time it was set up. <br /> <br /> (b) Records of tests made of such devices and kept in the <br />regular course of operations of any law enforcement agency are <br />admissible in evidence without further foundation as to the <br />results of the tests. The records shall be available to a <br />defendant upon demand. Nothing in this subdivision shall be <br />construed to preclude or interfere with cross examination or <br />impeachment of evidence of the rate of speed as indicated on the <br />radar or speed-measuring device. <br /> <br /> Subd. 11. Hand-held police traffic radar. (a) Law <br />enforcement agencies that use hand-held radar units shall <br />establish operating procedures to reduce the operator's exposure <br />to raicrowave radiation. <br /> <br />(b) The procedures,, at a minimum, must require: <br /> <br /> (1) that the operator turn the unit off when it is not in <br />use; <br /> <br /> (2) if the unit has a stand-by mode, that the operator use <br />this mode except when measuring a vehicle's speed; <br /> <br /> (3} that the operator not allow the antenna to rest against <br />the operator's body while it is in operation; and <br /> <br /> (4) that the operator always point the antenna unit away <br />from the operator and any other person in very close proximity <br />to the unit. <br /> <br /> Subd. 12. Radar jammer. For purposes of this <br />section, "radar jammer" means any instrument, device, or <br />equipment designed or intended for use with a vehicle or <br />otherwise to jam or interfere in any manner with a <br />speed-measuring device operated by a peace officer. <br /> <br /> No person shall sell, offer for sale, use, or possess any. <br />radar jammer in this state. <br /> <br /> HIST: (2720-178) 1937 c 464 s 28; 1939 c 430 s 6; 1947 c 428 s <br />12,13; 1955 c 802 s 1,2; 1957 c 580 s 1; 1963 c 843 s 1-4; 1969 <br />c 623 s 1; 1975 c 53 s 1; 1975 c 363 s 1,2; 1976 c 166 s 7; 1979 <br />c 60 s 1; 1980 c 498 s 4; 1984 c 417 s 24,25; 1986 c 444; 1987 c <br />319 s 1; 1991 c 298 art 4 s 9; 1993 c 26 s 1; 1993 c 61 s 1; <br />1994 c 635 art 1 s 12; 1994 c 640 s 1; 1994 c 645 s 1; 1995 c <br />118 s 1; 1995 c 265 art 2 s 18; 1996 c 455 art 1 s 5, 6; 1997 c <br />143 s 9-11; 1997 c 159 art 2 s 20,21; 1999 c 44 s 1; 2001 c 213 <br />s 9 <br /> <br />Copyright 2002 by the Office of Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota. <br /> <br />10 <br /> <br />http ://www.revisor.leg. state.mn.us/stats/169/14.html <br /> <br />3/21/2003 <br /> <br /> <br />