Posted by Orin Kerr:
Sled Police with Radar Guns?:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2007_12_23-2007_12_29.shtml#1198643802
Instapundit offers up [1]the following post:
SLED POLICE -- [2]with radar guns. I agree with the commenter who
says, "When cops start this kinda thing, it�s time to start laying
them off. They have way too much time on their hands."
It would be pretty remarkable if cops were actually using radar guns
to try to "catch" kids sledding too fast. As I read [3]the underlying
story, though, I don't think that's happening. It seems that the
"injury and prevention manager" at the local Children's Hospital is
trying to get kids to wear helmets when sledding. To dramatize the
issue, she convinced a local cop to use his radar gun to show the
local newspaper how fast kids were sledding down a hill. So it seems
that it was a staged event to make for a better story, not a case of
police actually trying to catch "speeding sledders." (A point I make
not to defend the story, but rather just to point out that it's pretty
different from what some readers may think.)
References
1. http://instapundit.com/archives2/013354.php
2. http://blogs.dailymail.com/donsurber/2007/12/22/sled-police/
3. http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=699467
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