If Police Vehicles Stopping the Defendant have to be Properly Marked, Do Spotter Planes Have to be Properly Marked?

By | February 25, 2013

In Ohio, the answer is no.

If the police catch you by using a spotter plane (usually timing you from two designated marks on the highway and then applying a mathematical formula to determine your speed) then the officer in the spotter plane who testifies against you in trial is not prohibited from doing so because his plane was not clearly marked.[1]

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[1]               State v. Heins (1995), 72 Ohio St.3d 504.

Eric Willison