A thirty year old man from Staines has been arrested by Surrey Police for using a laser jammer device on his car.
It's alleged that when driving through a speed trap on the A308, the man used the jammer to prevent a speed reading being taken. His registration was noted by the recording equipment and police visited his home later that day to confiscate the device and arrest the man. He has been charged with obstructing a constable in the execution of his duty.
Casualty Reduction Officer for Spelthorne PC Mike Pritchard said: “I want to emphasise that these devices are illegal. People are under the impression that the device will jam the laser signal and that’s all. What they fail to recognize is that the police speed detection device identifies that the vehicle is fitted with a laser jammer. The offence is recorded on tape and the vehicles are then traceable through the Police National Computer
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