woooooooooo!! UPDATED

i am going on a ride along with a leo in my city tomorrow morning!!! we were talking about it today and set it all up.... he offered me some "laser radar" games on the highway... i am so pumped. i will be getting to do the real deal tomorrow! cant wait to share my experience. thought id share that with everyone and ill will update as soon as i get back!

ps. today i got to play with the z series handheld k band radar gun. does anyone know how to operate it in pop mode? it would be interesting to shoot cars with that. there are no "pop" buttons on it but just wondering if anyone could help me out. thanx

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Originally Posted by thephildo

ps. today i got to play with the z series handheld k band radar gun. does anyone know how to operate it in pop mode? it would be interesting to shoot cars with that. there are no "pop" buttons on it but just wondering if anyone could help me out. thanx

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Push Setup, it should say POP. Then push the Up Arrow, it should say ON. Now you're in POP mode until you turn it off.

The MPH Z25 or Z35? Cordless one is the Z35. When you follow the steps that Jim stated, the voice should confirm POP is on.

yes it is the cordless z 35 and thanks for the info!

Make sure to turn it off after!

got to shoot the stalker lidar gun. our city has the bee 3 with pop and he knows it.. but says its not very accurate and doesnt use it very much. all in all it was a very informative day in the life of a police officer.

What city? Might be handy for my "Radar bands by town" sticky in Speed Trap info, especially since they have POP.

Did you get to play with the Z-35?

I was going to suggest not mentioning the POP feature to the LEO, in case he didn't know about it to begin with. ;)

o he mentioned the pop to me.. told me he doesnt use it because its just not reliable enough. no i didnt get to use the z 35 but i got to shoot the stalker quite a bit actually. i was kinda dis appointed with its performance. generally speaking it took a couple seconds to aqcuire the speed..

did you get to hit anyone that had a rd in their car?

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Originally Posted by bauzer71487

did you get to hit anyone that had a rd in their car?

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I did that a while back with Outrun and the Marksman 20/20... It was obvious as hell who had an RD... funny watching then all brake after I pulled the trigger... once there was a car running by I cloced him at like 55 (thats like 15 over PSL) got instant reading, and he passes I see a X50 on his windshield, POINTED TO THE SKY almost perpendicular to the windshield :!: :!: and I see some more brake, they were usin Cobras and Whistlers, you know the common ones on the streets

Nothing other than the one x50?

no i did no notice anyone that had a detector.... but some moron continued to blow by me at 77 in a 65 and looks right at me and im thinking. why would anyone in there right mind go by at 12 over. but i did see a lot of rd users driving around i had fun with one guy as we were just driving i aimed the stalker at his detector threw the glass just shot it. he was at a stop light and he was getting something off the ground. the moment i pull the trigger he shoots up looking around and sees me ( 18 year old "kid") shooting laser at him threw the passenger seat as we pass by him. i thought it was quite funny and my officer got a good laugh out of it.

I highly recommend eveyone that can, do a ride along. Very informative. People will realize that the revenue aspect is what the politicians want. Most cops on the street, who do like to work traffic, do it to find bad guys. Bad guys I mean people with warrants and such (oh, I know that some warrents are issued due to traffic violations). I'm talking about serious crimes. They also find and interdict a lot of illegal narcotics that way too.

The Constable who patrols my street doesn't care to work traffic. It's not his thing. Also, it's very interesting to see RADAR in action from an RD user aspect. It can be just plain fun!