DETECTOR, SPEED

Description: (1) STORAGE BOX- MEASUREMENTS ABOVE, BLACK HARD CASE WITH TWO LATCHES, THREE INTERIOR COMPARTMENTS LINED WITH FOAM. (1) CONTROL UNIT: 15.6", 23.1", 12.5" -GREEN METAL, FRONT CONTAINS PLEXIGLAS COVERED SPEEDOMETER "0 TO 100 MILES PER HOUR", BACK LABEL "STEPHENSON RADAR MODEL 700 SERIAL NO. 1912." (2) CIGARETTE LIGHTER ADAPTER - BLACK CABLE LENGTH-96.4", 2ND CORD LENBGTH-361", 12V ADAPTER ON ONE END, AMPHENOL TWO HOLE RECEIVER ON OTHER END. SIMILAR ENDS ON EACH CORD (1) HAND HELD ACTIVATION BUTTON WITH CABLE: LENGTH184.5", BLACK UNIT WITH BLACK BUTTON "SA-26/U ROLA" (1) ANTENNA WITH CABLE-128.5" X 16.5" X LENGTH OF CABLE-421", ANTENNA VINTAGE HEADLIGHT SHAPE CHROME FINISH, BOTTOM SERIAL NO. "1912." (1) METAL MOUNT FOR HEAD UNIT, SILVER 'C' BRACKET

History: STEPHENSON MODEL 700 RADAR UNIT, ACQUIRED BY INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES DEPT. FROM THE LETHBRIDGE POLICE APPROXIMATELY FIFTEEN TO EIGHTEEN YEARS AGO. POLICE SGT. ZACHUK IS THOUGHT TO HAVE TRANSFERRED THE GUN TO INFRASTRUCTURE. INFRASTRUCTURE USED GUN, MOUNTED INSIDE A CAR, IN ORDER TO CONDUCT SPEED STUDIES AND TO MONITOR TRAFFIC. DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL WHO USED GUN INCLUDED ROBERT STANTON AND BRIAN JOHNSON. GUN WAS REPLACED TEN TO TWELVE YEARS AGO BY A MODEL THAT WAS HAND HELD AND EASIER TO USE. DONATED GUN WAS STORED UNTIL RECENT IN A FILE CABINET IN ONE OF INFRASTRUCTURE'S OFFICES. OTHER POLICE MEMBERS CLAIMED TO HAVE USED THE GUN INCLUDE "WHEPLY, DON LEE, KOLPAK, ST. ONGE, MOLINE AND WIER". RADAR GUN WAS FIRST AND SOLE DETECTOR TO MONITOR TRAFFIC IN EARLY 1950s. SPEED GAUGE UNIT MOUNTED TO DASH OF CAR AND RADAR LAMP MOUNTED ON WINDOW. A HAND HELD BUTTON WAS PUSHED TO ACTIVATE DETECTOR AND AGAIN TO RESET. AT TIME, SPEEDING TICKETS RANGED BETWEEN TEN AND FIFTEEN DOLLARS. EXCESSIVE SPEEDING AND FAILING TO STOP RESULTED IN COURT APPEARANCES AND FINES OF UP TO ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS. TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPED MAKING THIS MODEL OBSOLETE.