MS SB2584

Amends Mississippi Code Section 63-3-519 to authorize any peace officer or law enforcement agency officer to operate radar speed detection equipment on public streets, roads, and highways.

Expands radar operation authority to include college and university campus police forces.

Maintains prohibition on radar speed detection equipment use by non-law enforcement persons on public roadways.

Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol remains prohibited from setting up radar on highways within municipalities with populations exceeding 15,000 according to the latest federal decennial census.

Effective date: July 1, 2011.