Nearly three hours worth of information on traffic enforcement greeted members of the Huron Police Department’s Citizen’s Police Academy last night. Officer Mark Johnson highlighted certain traffic violations in an overview of South Dakota’s traffic laws. Officer Corg Borg got detailed on the differences on RADAR vs LIDAR. Borg says LIDAR, which uses a Lazar beam instead of a radar beam is far more precise…
Johnson, the Department’s Drug Recognition Expert explained what exactly a D-R-E is. Less than one percent of law enforcement officers are trained as a D-R-E…
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Johnson is the only D-R-E in the region and has been used by the South Dakota Highway Patrol. He says a Drug Recognition Expert can save lives…
[audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2012/05/hpdawk7-3.mp3|titles=hpdawk7-3]The night ended with students giving themselves field sobriety tests with Fatal Vison goggles. also known as “beer goggles” To get everyone an idea of what to expect. Borg called on Russ Forrest to try some F-S-T’s with and without the goggles…
[audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2012/05/hpdawk7-4.mp3|titles=hpdawk7-4]The knowledge gained last night will help the class transition into next weeks session on traffic stops, where students will be allowed to take part in conducting mock traffic stops. The first of the ride-alongs have been announced. Performance Radio News will ride shotgun…no pun intended with Officer Mark Johnson 11 P-M to 3 AM on Saturday this Memorial Day weekend. We’ll have a report on the radio version of Cops In Huron, Tuesday in Local News. You can also check out videos and pictures of the Fatal Vision Goggle drills by checking out the Performance Radio News Page on Facebook.