Radar Guns Raise Concern in Connecticut

by Maris Cohen

KALAMAZOO, Mich.-- Connecticut State Police ordered a ban on hand-held radar guns yesterday, citing a possible link between the devices and cancer.
"The feeling here is to err on the side of caution until more is known about the issue," said state police spokesman Adam Berluti. "The whole situation is under review."
Officials believe that the radiation waves emitted by the device could be of concern. As a result, seventy radar guns will be withdrawn from service. State troopers will continue to use other radar units, however, that feature transmitters on the outside of their vehicles.
This decision comes two months after three Connecticut police officers took legal action against the state, claiming that they developed cancer from using the guns.
This decision is also the first of its kind to be filed by a state police agency.

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