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Escalon council OKs application for roadside saliva drug-screening devices
Summary
Council authorized staff to apply for a cannabis tax fund grant to buy three Cetoxa roadside saliva drug-screening devices to help officers detect recent drug use during DUI stops; staff said the devices would test for THC, cocaine, barbiturates and methamphetamine and training would be provided by the vendor.
The Escalon City Council authorized staff to apply for a cannabis tax fund grant to purchase three Cetoxa roadside saliva drug-screening devices to assist officers in identifying recent drug use during suspected impaired driving stops.
Police Chief (Police Chief) told the council the devices are preliminary salivary tests that can detect recent use of substances including THC, cocaine, barbiturates and methamphetamine. “My understanding it tests the saliva. So it's…
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