It's the law.

And Salisbury Township Police Chief Allen W. Stiles and the Salisbury Township Board of Commissioners don't agree with it.

Township officials are gunning for radar.

Too often, they say, speeding motorists have flown under the radar in Salisbury and other municipalities in Pennsylvania.

Township Board of Commissioners President James A. Brown would like the township to go on record as supporting the use of radar guns to enforce speed limits.

Pennsylvania law prohibits local municipal police departments from using handheld radar guns to apprehend motorists operating speeding vehicles.

Commissioners agreed with Brown's recommendation at the May 22 township meeting, instructing Salisbury Township Manager Randy Soriano to draw up a resolution in support of a proposed state law allowing local police to use radar guns.

The matter is expected to be on the agenda of the next township meeting 7 p.m. June 12.

Pennsylvania is the only state in the nation not allowing local police to use radar in citing operators of speeding vehicles. Pennsylvania State Police can use radar guns. Local police must use a stop watch to clock cars traversing two white lines painted on a street.