DeSoto County could authorize radar use near schools

The DeSoto County Board of Supervisors could spend available county funds to buy radar equipment, and the sheriff or sworn deputies could use it to enforce speed limits. The equipment could be used on public county roads and state highways with school zones outside incorporated municipalities. The board would first have to authorize the purchase and choose the amount spent. A school zone includes roadway areas approaching, next to, or beyond school buildings or grounds, and areas where school activities occur. The authorization would begin after the act's passage if enacted.

Money from speeding citations detected with the radar equipment would fund school resource officers in DeSoto County public schools. The funding would apply to citation money connected to speeding violations detected by the sheriff or a deputy using the authorized radar equipment. The money would be used for school resource officers in the county's public schools. This funding rule would apply after the act's passage if enacted.