Police agencies desire the Master Radar Laser Instructor Course as their graduates may teach others in their departments and certify them to NHTSA recommendations. The NHTSA curriculum meets and/or exceeds all state standards. The vast majority of state radar and laser training programs follow the NHTSA recommendations of re-certification of officers and equipment, including tuning forks, every three years: USDOT/NHTSA R12/01 per the performance specifications of DOT HS 809 811/812. Being independent and not paid by radar or laser gun manufacturers, SML presents radar and laser based speed enforcement systems from all makers during instruction. See the approved curriculum by clicking on Course Outline button. Normally instruction takes 2 1/2 days.
Minimum class size is four students with a maximum of thirty students. Many rural police agencies have placed instruction in one central location attended by
officers from surrounding jurisdictions. Matriculation fees include the instruction manual, DVD, testing, handouts, wall and bill fold certifications, and a no charge subscription to www.radarsignals.net which provides continual 
updates on new speed enforcement equipment and strategies. Instruction manuals are sent a week prior to instruction. Pre-instruction testing is conducted before formal instruction to determine the extent of present knowledge of the students and their review of the instruction manual. Contact Speed Measurement Laboratories, Inc. at speed@speedinglimits.com for scheduling and prices. Instructional prices are substantially lower than sending personnel to remote instructional locations. Student are required to achieve a final score of 90% equally comprised of testing, field estimations of speed and distance consistent with a valid visual tracking history, class participation, and student presentation. A thirty minute class presentation is required of each student. The presentation is selected by the student and scored by fellow classmates. If a student scores below 90% and not less than 80% among the four scoring categories, a Radar Laser Operator Certification is awarded. This has happened.
Old and new radar guns are presented dating from the first radar ticket issued in 1954 by Officer Baldy of the Chicago Police Department using the first
radar gun invented by Decatur Electronics Inc. to new Directing Sensing Digital radar guns and laser guns that photographically image offenses. Courts are increasingly scrutinizing officer training programs as evidenced by Tisdale v. Cleveland and Canulli v. Illinois. Significant instruction is devoted to reviewing local and national court decisions effecting local jurisdictions. Honneycutt v. Kentucky, Ky., 408 S.W. 2d 421 is discussed as a national precedent on officer training, use of tuning forks, and operation of the radar guns. Most local prosecutors are familiar and use the decision that limits the necessity of the officers to understand the physics involved in radar and laser citations. After instruction, course evaluation among some 1,200 students has resulted in a 97% very favorable rating. Quotes of officers include, “I have had a lot of military and civilian instruction. This was the absolute best I have ever received. It kept my and other student’s attention the entire length of instruction.” Another said, “To the moon and back in excellence of instruction. Mr. Fors’ knowledge of radar and laser is endless. There wasn’t a question he couldn’t answer. I am my fellow students thought we knew about radar and laser before instruction. We didn’t! We took valuable materials we will use in our instructional endeavors.” Check www.radarsignals.net for industry updates.