POP Is POOP

POP Is POOP


In the 2004 MPH introduced POP radar into several of their police radar guns and marketed this new feature to police agencies.

POP radar explained in the most basic terms is that police using one of MPH’s POP enabled radar guns would send a quick burst (POP) of radar signal at a vehicle to obtain the vehicle’s speed.

The major radar detector manufactures then went to work developing new radar detectors that were effective against this technology and new marketing campaigns were launched by the speed counter measurement industry.

The effect was radar detector users began upgrading by the droves to get these new radar detectors and it was a major boom to the radar detector industry, sales increased significantly. But there were a few problems that were not addressed by either side:
  1. The use of POP mode is NOT admissible in court. When an officer uses radar he must obtain a visual vehicle tracking history of the violator comparing his visual observation to the speed displayed by the radar detector.
  2. Switching back and forth between modes is very cumbersome for operators.
  3. Most states in the US do not have contracts with MPH for their POP radar guns.

Most of the high end radar detectors sold today come equipped with the ability to receive POP mode, however it must be activated and if you do, false alerts will rise significantly.

So should you consider activating it?

I say NO, POP is POOP!


However if you would like to activate POP Mode in your Escort or Beltronics radar detector, go into advanced programming by pressing the mode button and mute buttons on the detector at the same time while the unit is powered up. Then press the mute button to navigate through this area.