RADAR CERTIFICATION

• Program description
• Requirements for certification
• Radar instructor refresher course classes
• Contacts

Requirements for Certification

Operator (3 year certification)

• Minimum of four (4) hours classroom instruction on the Division of Criminal Justice RADAR manual.
• Minimum of four (4) hours supervised hands-on practical training in RADAR operation.
• Minimum of eighty (80) hours hands-on non-enforcement operation of the RADAR equipment.
• Upon completion of the above requirements, application must be made to the Division of Criminal Justice for certification.

Instructor (3 year certification)

• Satisfactory completion of RADAR operator requirements.
• Two years experience as a RADAR operator.
• Completion of a course for RADAR instructors approved by the Police Training Commission.
• In order to instruct RADAR in the Basic Course for Police Officers and the RADAR Instructor's Course the instructor must meet the Methods of Instruction requirements specified in N.J.A.C. 13:1-4.4. THIS IS FOR ACADEMY LEVEL TRAINING ONLY.

Upon completion of these requirements application must be made to the Division of Criminal Justice for certification.

Recertification as a Radar Operator

• Two (2) years of continuous RADAR operation following initial certification.
• Four (4) hours of in-service training during the last year of the operator's current certification period by a certified instructor. The training must include two hours of classroom instruction with updates on court decisions or related training issues and two hours of practical exercise using a vehicle mounted RADAR unit or equivalent training device.
• Upon completion of these requirements application must be made to the Division of Criminal Justice for recertification.

  Recertification as a Radar Instructor

• Presentation of at least one (1) RADAR course at a certified police academy or police department during the instructor's current certification period.
• Attendance at a Division of Criminal Justice approved RADAR instructor refresher course or equivalent course.
• Upon completion of these requirements application must be made to the Division of Criminal Justice for recertification. THIS IS SATISFIED UPON COMPLETION OF THE RADAR INSTRUCTOR REFRESHER COURSE.