so i get to work today at ultimate electronics, and after about a half an hour into my shift there is a guy looking at radar detectors, the other trainee is trying to field some of his questions and i was listening in because i know some stuff about radar detectors and such. well the guy starts inquireing about this $900 radar detector with custom install (really sweet setup) that has the ability to connect with the Laser Shifer ZX-3 which basically is a laser jammer (extra $300) and i jump in and give some more info. the other trainee leaves and i take over telling him all about the detector and jammer. and the guy i was showing this to hands me a business card that says hes a state trooper, my stomach drops and he says go get my manager immediatly... so i go and get him and he gets into this looong sphile about how hes warning us that having possesion of these radar jamming equipment and selling them is illegal and if it continues they will get a warrent and sieze our divices, it was soooo fucking gay. like us as sales reps and managers decide what we sell. fucking ass.
soo one of my other senior reps comes up to the guy and says "ya know what sir, im gonna ask you to leave and stop bothering out reps, we are gonna try to sell and intall everything that we sell and dont sell" the trooper replies this some bs comment like "well if i see you sell one of these im gonna arrest you" fucking pig,
i dunno, cops are getting to be (IMO have always been) real fucking assholes about everthing. fuck them
sorry just venting, time for bed now, sorry im kinda drunk.
Tom

You were just doing your job, but if it is in fact illegal it's rediculous that they'd be making you do such a thing. If you were the one to install an illegal device while at work it wouldn't be your ass in a sling so don't worry about it.

I have a feeling Tom likes Pork. We know you hate every form of law enforcement on the planet Tom, but can you get a grip on some shit already? I am not defending him, as his time could be better spent finding the crack dealers selling to kids and shit, but it's not like he picks his orders either.

I will say it loud and proud, "FUCK COPS!" I never used to say that, but I have witnessed first-hand far too many power trips as of late. I have many examples that I could go in to, but I am eating a bagel and don't want to spoil the moment.

I love my car cause most cops don't know what it is. so if I'm just pulled over for something simple, i can almost screw with them.

some people are wayyy too scared of cops, like, say my parents: They got totally freaked when i got pulled over at the airport, the cop walks up and asks for my stuff, and was like, "We're doing random screenings, you can go, just keep the speed down."

And last spring i got pulled over for doing 70 on 394 (?????) and this miata or something pulls over in front of me, like he's getting a ticket too! lol, He stayed there for the WHOLE ticket. lol, what a dummy.

The speed limit is 55 on 394, regardless of what the traffic around you is doing.

Been pulled over 4 times: 1st was for a stop sign violation which I deserved 100%, 2nd was for BS careless driving that I took to court and won with a hands-down unanimous jury decision, 3rd was for driving on a side-street w/o my headlights on at night- no ticket, 4th was for pulling 37 in a 25- checked my license and told me to have a nice evening

.....Overall I have learned that IMHO Deputy Sheriffs are 500% nicer and easier to get along with than urban police officers, like Hughes said, too many cops get on power trips, and I believe that the majority of those cops on power trips are urban cops

Um, even I know that laser jammers are illegal in this state. It's your company's fault. I find it strange that none of the managers or employees knew that they were illegal either and brought it to someones attention.

It's not illegal. I used to work at Best Buy, and never heard of it being illegal for you to sell it. And I've only heard of them being illegal in the car if theyre an obstruction of view.

From Minnesota Statute 169.14

" Subd. 12. Radar jammer. For purposes of this
section, "radar jammer" means any instrument, device, or
equipment designed or intended for use with a vehicle or
otherwise to jam or interfere in any manner with a
speed-measuring device operated by a peace officer.

No person shall sell, offer for sale, use, or possess any
radar jammer in this state. "


Under that description, selling a laser jammer would be illegal.

thats the law he quoted.
radar jammers are illegal that i knew, but radar detectors are NOT illegal, he even agreed with me saying that it was "fair game".

Jammers ARE illegal to sell and use in the state of MN. Radar detecters are not.
The Escort ZX3 is a bad ass unit, sweet as hell, and was thinking of getting it my self, now the "SHIFTER" they do sell IS infact illegal for sale in the State of MN and use in the state of MN....

Just the way the cookie crumbles I guess...
I think its funny how Escort calls it the SHIFTER cuz it shifts the signal. LOL

They rule, I love my 8500s

So if they are illegal, how the hell is a large company like Ultimate Electronics buying and selling them???

I work at Circuit City and we sell the Beltronics Laserpro. I have indeed sold a many of them, especially recently.

On a bad note my assistant manager just got pulled over in Maplewood and the officer said the reason she pulled him over was that she clocked him 7 times with her laser and not once did she get a reading back on it(illegal). They then ticketed him for having it(legal), ticketed him for basic speeding(illegal), and impounded his vehicle until the court date(illegal). So out of four things the cop did, three were legal. Needless to say he already has a lawsuit started and they still have his car.

The worst part about it is when he asked if he could use his only vehicle for transportation from his home(Maplewood) to his work(Bloomington) which no bus route nor taxi driver would go they said that they had to keep it as "evidence" so the judge on an unspecified date in the future could look at it and the jammer so he could understand its operation and obstruction of justice. Then he offered to remove the unit and they said that wasn't allowed. The bastards didn't even offer him a ride home at 2 in morning.

Fucking bastards...

yeah the cop must have been talking about you then, he said something about a circuit city employee haveing been busted and got his car taken. but what i dont get and hate them for doing this is that WHY go into the store and harass people doing there job. Talk to fucking corperate, us as employees have no control over what we carry, we do our job and sell anything we can because that is why we have our jobs.

Next time it happens, scream "Don't touch me there!" and smack the fuck across the face with the jammer.

see I have a problem with speeding on Plymouth Rd. It is just to easy and now cops seem to be everywhere around there. I have not yet been pulled over but I have had a cop on my ass.

I was doing 45 in a 35 and he was on my ass I am guessing the lady in the passenger seat was checking my plates, I cant believe he was close enough to me that I could tell you the women had short brownish blondeish hair.

Then I came to a stop sign went down to like 4mph and then turn left. MAN I WAS STUPID! but he stoped at the sign and stayed there for a little bit and that is all I know. He didn't come after me so I am happy. :bounce:

would be nice of you could just say its for offroad use only..

That sux!
Reason I didnt get the Laser Shifter through accomadations.

That is my friend's mom.