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169.14 MINNESOTA STATUTES 2023 6 (3)the device was operated with minimal distortion or interference from outside sources; and (4)the device was tested by an accurate and reliable external mechanism,method,or system at the time it was set up. (b) Records of tests made of such devices and kept in the regular course of operations of any law enforcement agency are admissible in evidence without further foundation as to the results of the tests. The records shall be available to a defendant upon demand. Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to preclude or interfere with cross examination or impeachment of evidence of the rate of speed as indicated on the radar or speed-measuring device. Subd. 11. Handheld traffic radar. (a) Law enforcement agencies that use handheld radar units shall establish operating procedures to reduce the operator's exposure to microwave radiation. (b) The procedures, at a minimum,must require: (1)that the operator turn the unit off when it is not in use; (2) if the unit has a standby mode, that the operator use this mode except when measuring a vehicle's speed; (3) that the operator not allow the antenna to rest against the operator's body while it is in operation; and (4)that the operator always point the antenna unit away from the operator and any other person in very close proximity to the unit. Subd. 12. Radar jammer.For purposes of this section, "radar jammer" means any instrument, device, or equipment designed or intended for use with a vehicle or otherwise to jam or interfere in any manner with a speed-measuring device operated by a peace officer. No person shall sell, offer for sale,use, or possess any radar j ammer in this state. History: (2720-178) 1937 c 464 s 28; 1939 c 430 s 6; 1947 c 428 s 12,13; 1955 c 802 s 1,2; 1957 c 580 s1; 1963c843s14; 1969c623s1; 1975c53s1; 19 75 c 3 63 s 1.2; 1976c166s7; 1979c60s1; 1980 c 498 s 4; 1984 c 417 s 24,25; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 319 s 1; 1991 c 298 art 4 s 9; 1993 c 26 s 1; 1993 c 61 s 1; 1994 c 635 art I s 12; 1994 c 640 s 1; 1994 c 645 s 1; 1995 c 118 s 1; 1995 c 265 art 2 s 18; 1996 c 455 art I s 5,6; 1997 c 143 s 9-11; 1997 c 159 art 2 s 20,21; 1999 c 44 s 1; 2001 c 213 s 9; 1Sp2003 c 19 art 2 s 27; I Sp2005 c 6 art 3 s 41,42; 2008 c 287 art I s 45; 2009 c 56 s 4,5; 2009 c 165 s 1; 2010 c 356 s 1; 2014 c 312 art 11 s 7,8; I Sp2017 c 3 art 3 s 48; 1 Sp2019 c 3 art 3 s 34,35; 2023 c 68 art 4 s 44; art 5 s 25 NOTE: Subdivision 5f,paragraph(b),as added by Laws 2009, chapter 56, section 5, expires when the speed limit signs erected before August 1,2009,are replaced.Laws 2009,chapter 56,section 5,the effective date. Official Publication of the State of Minnesota Revisor of Statutes