This is the final report from the University of Pittsburgh when they conducted their tests on the Genesis Handheld Stationary (GHS) radar unit. After filing a Right-To-Know Law Request form to obtain this document, I was instructed I could get it from the Pennsylvania State Polices’ Web site. I went there and the link was dead. It has never worked. I obtained this document through other means and provide it here for others.

The University of Pittsburgh’s tests show numerous problems with the radar gun and how it was able to generate false readings from things such as cell phones and watches. They even obtained some completely random and spurious readings which they had no explanation for and were unable to reproduce.

This study also presents some new potential problems and/or reasons to false readings…the very computer system located in the vehicle – IIMS – (Incident Information Management System) installed by Motorola, however the study did not perform any further testing on this scenario. Motorola themselves performed their own study and report and stated:

The report concludes that the array of police lights, radios, computers and other power equipment overloads the cars’ electrical system and introduces electrical noise, which interferes with the computers and radar guns.

So, not only does the Pittsburgh study point to IIMS being a root of the problem, Motorola themselves states it is a problem! The sad thing about the University of Pittsburgh study is that the Pennsylvania State Police actually used it to show that there were no problems with the Genesis Handheld Stationary radar guns. Read the report and you will see how it clearly states and shows otherwise. The Pennsylvania State Police used it as their last and final resort to end the “Radargate Scandal”.

Download the report here.