The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) believes that police traffic RADAR is an effective enforcement tool.  The role of police RADAR in traffic safety enforcement continues to be of critical importance. Police traffic RADAR provides a means of increasing enforcement effectiveness and permits police administrators to make better use of scarce personnel resources and costly fuel.

This is an introduction and recertification program to improve the effectiveness of speed enforcement through the proper and efficient use of police traffic RADAR speed measurement instruments. Ideally, every officer who completes this recertification course will become a better enforcer of the traffic laws governing vehicle speed. That is, the officer will detect more speed violations, apprehend more violators, and secure more convictions.