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surprise_i'm_armed wrote: 2. Laser can't shoot through glass. So the officer must have his
window rolled down if he's sitting in his cruiser. If he wants to have
a comfortable angle while monitoring traffic, his car will be parked
perpendicular to the flow of traffic. When you see police unit parked
like this, it's more apparent to a motorist
SIA

The windows on my cars must be made of paper then because it works just fine. I've even gotten a reading (though I would never write on it) while shooting into the rearview mirror - which would then had to travel through the plexiglass cage - through the rear windshield - off the car - back through rear windshield - back through the cage, and then back into the lidar unit. I was impressed.

Lidar works fine through glass, it just limits range to below 1000ft imo, usually closer to half that.

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Also - for the curious...laser jammers - don't.

I usually burst the radar if I'm looking for stops. If I'm on the way to a call I leave moving radar on just to keep my estimation skills sharp.

Lidar is a great way to fix both issues IMO but we have limited units, and in some instances I feel radar is better suited. Depending on a dept's training fighting a ticket works better in some areas and and worse in others. I know in a 30 mile radius from our dept this is true anyway.