No I don’t, but there was a thread on this forum in Spokane County where the “R” for “radar” was omitted and the prosecutor recommended dismissal after the defendant informed her that she could not find the device online. In that case the 4 digit id was still unique to the device as long as the user knew to put the “R” in front. It just makes sense to me that when dealing with a database no one should have to add or omit characters in order to get a result.
The WSP database look-up page says,
"Enter the identification number (tag number, for examples: A001, L1001, R2000, S001) of the speed measuring device below to view its testing and certification history."
I could understand someone not being able to find a device because the leading R was omitted because it could be an A, L, S or R, but a "-" is simply not following instructions on the website.
Good point and I saw that too. I guess my question would be why the officer can’t follow instructions on the site for listing a tag number that is lookup friendly.
The officer may well never see the site and that may be how he was instructed to list the device. We are talking about the government here. The left hand often has no clue as to what the right hand is doing.
I asked the clerk for the SMD cert. book today and was told that they only get their certifications online. I think I'm going to try speedy's suggestions 1,3,4, and 5 in order. I'm waiting to hear back from SECTOR as to when the officer signed the report.