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New car for cops
State of the art radar unit will help officers clock speeders from any direction

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Officer Bill Tuey stands in front of the radar equiped traffic enforcement vehicle the Williams Police Department recently acquired through a grant from the Governor's Office of Highway Safety.

<br>Ryan Williams/WGCN<br> Officer Bill Tuey stands in front of the radar equiped traffic enforcement vehicle the Williams Police Department recently acquired through a grant from the Governor's Office of Highway Safety.

WILLIAMS - The Williams Police Department (WPD) recently acquired a new traffic enforcement vehicle through a grant from the Governors Office of Highway Safety.

The Chevy Tahoe vehicle purchased with the $45,460 grant is a fully equipped radio and radar unit.

According to Police Chief Herman Nixon, Officer Bill Tuey helmed the grant writing process.

"Bill did a lot of work on this," he said. "He did a lot of grant reporting and research to get this grant written and get us a vehicle. It took lot of time."

Nixon went on to say the department is required to report to the state on the vehicle's use every quarter for the first year of its operation.

"Bill will have to report to the state about how many DUI's are issued, how many seatbelt safety evaluations are done, child car seats, speeding citations," he said. "That's what this car is for."

The vehicle is equipped with a Raptor Radar unit. Nixon said officers will be able to clock the speed of drivers from almost any angle while in motion as well as at a standstill.

"You can get vehicles moving and coming at you," he said. "You can be stationary. You can also clock vehicles from the rear coming at you. You can be driving down the road and get someone for speeding."


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