Radar/Lidar Testing Program: The Next Step

Three principal organizations were involved in the testing program initiation— IACP, NHTSA and NIST. These organizations collectively agreed that simply developing a Conforming Products List (CPL) would not accomplish all the goals of the testing program. Plans were developed to establish a permanent, objective and self-sustaining testing program that could provide law enforcement executives a list of enforcement technologies which have been thoroughly tested and deemed accurate and reliable, while also providing a process for introduction of new enforcement technologies.

Since the new testing program was to become a permanent part of IACP services, oversight responsibility was assigned to a standing committee, the Highway Safety Committee. After receiving a grant from NHTSA to establish testing laboratories, IACP sought to locate and obtain commitments from interested laboratories.

In the interim, at the direction of the Highway Safety Committee, IACP arranged meetings radar manufacturers, NHTSA and NIST to establish an administrative process for the conduct of the testing program. The Compliance Testing Program was the result of these meetings.

For more information, contact Clarence Bell at 703-836-6767, ext. 215.