Northern York County Regional Police officer Jonathan Bailey conducts traffic stops in Manchester Township, York County. November 22, 2019.
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Smart Talk: Radar guns for Pa. law enforcement?
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Northern York County Regional Police officer Jonathan Bailey conducts traffic stops in Manchester Township, York County. November 22, 2019.
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Airdate: Friday, April 16, 2021
Pennsylvania is the only state in the country where municipal police departments can not by law use radar to enforce speed limits.
Local police utilize painted stripes on sections of roadways, stopwatches or have to calculate a vehicle’s speed to issue a speeding citation.
Pennsylvania State Police have been using radar for more than 50 years so it’s not new technology.
However, there’s legislation in Harrisburg that would allow municipal police to use radar with some caveats.
Objections to allowing local police to use radar include it will be used to generate revenue for local municipalities and that speed limits are already set too low. The proposed bill would limit revenue from speeding.
Republican Rep. Greg Rothman of Cumberland County is the prime sponsor of the radar bill and joins us on Friday’s Smart Talk.
Planning for end of life decisions has big impact on families
Friday is National Healthcare Decisions Day. It is a time to consider end of life issues – specifically on ensuring people have established advance directives so families knows their loved-one’s preferences before they’re unable to speak for themselves.
Dr. Lauren Jody “L J” Van Scoy, a pulmonary and critical care physician at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center says many people have never discussed or finalized directives, which leaves their families often not knowing what to do if a decision must be made about end-of-life care. She appears on Friday’s Smart Talk.
Pa. Republican lawmakers and the U.S. Capitol attack
As part of WITF’s commitment to standing with facts, and because the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol was an attempt to overthrow representative democracy in America, we are marking elected officials’ connections to the insurrection. Read more about this commitment.
In stories, we will use language that identifies lawmakers who took at least one of these actions: signed on to a Texas lawsuit aimed at invalidating Pennsylvania’s election; signed on to a state House or a state Senate letter urging Congressional representatives to object to or delay certification; and voted against certification. Those actions supported President Donald Trump’s election-fraud lie, causing many of his supporters to believe incorrectly that the election had been stolen, and that led to an assault on the U.S. Capitol.
The list of lawmakers is here.
Republican Rep. Greg Rothman, who is appearing on Friday’s Smart Talk, signed the letter asking that the 2020 election results not be certified or to be delayed.
As part of WITF’s commitment to standing with facts, and because the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol was an attempt to overthrow representative democracy in America, we are marking elected officials’ connections to the insurrection. Read more about this commitment.
In stories, we will use language that identifies lawmakers who took at least one of these actions: signed on to a Texas lawsuit aimed at invalidating Pennsylvania’s election; signed on to a state House or a state Senate letter urging Congressional representatives to object to or delay certification; and voted against certification. Those actions supported President Donald Trump’s election-fraud lie, causing many of his supporters to believe incorrectly that the election had been stolen, and that led to an assault on the U.S. Capitol.
The list of lawmakers is here.
Republican Rep. Greg Rothman, who is appearing on Friday’s Smart Talk, signed the letter asking that the 2020 election results not be certified or to be delayed.
