19 officers of the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force have been trained and Certified to operate new Speed Measurement Devices. Both Doppler Police Traffic Radar, as well as Police Speed Laser. Four of the students have gone onto an advanced “Speed Measurement” class and will be certified as “Speed Measurement Instructors.”
The training course which ran from Monday 7th to Friday 11th February 2016 is designed to improve the effectiveness of speed enforcement though proper and effective use of radar speed measurement instruments.
“Speed contributes to crashes which contributes to injuries, fatalities and property damages” said the Instructor Sergeant Mike Kanyan of the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office. Officers are now trained to operate and to properly use the ‘Moving Radar’ which is as the name implies, when a police vehicle is in motion is able to track vehicles approaching and receding, both in front and behind the patrol vehicle and also able to track multiple targets at once.”
The officers who are now able to use this new method of speed radar now has the knowledge of the development, fundamental concepts and related principles of police traffic radar and also understand the process of giving court testimony in cases involving the radar or laser speed measurement.
There’s no such thing as speeding safely. Speed alone, regardless of any other factors, including how good a car you may be driving or how good of a driver you may be, increases both the likelihood and the severity of a crash.
Sergeant Mike Kanyan
Sergeant Mike Kanyan has been with the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office since 1981 and is currently assigned to the Traffic Enforcement Unit for the past 8 years. The Sgt. is a “Speed Measurement Instructor” for over 25 years. During his tenure as a Law Enforcement Deputy, he as been a Patrol Deputy, Field Training Deputy, Field Training Supervisor; currently assigned to the Traffic Traffic Unit which includes Police Motorcycle Unit, currently holding the rank of Sgt. As well is also an Instructor at the Sheriff’s Office Training Center.