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SFPD suspends preliminary alcohol screening devices after audit; DA to review DUI cases

San Francisco Police Commission · February 15, 2012
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Summary

The San Francisco Police Department pulled all preliminary alcohol screening (PAS) devices after an internal audit found required accuracy testing was not performed and calibration gas had expired; the traffic division and District Attorney's Office will determine the impact on DUI prosecutions.

The San Francisco Police Department on Feb. 15 said it has suspended use of all preliminary alcohol screening (PAS) handheld devices citywide after an internal audit found the department had been performing calibration checks but not the separate accuracy test required to certify the units.

"On February 10, the problems discovered in the PAS audit were due to only one of the two-pronged tests being done," Deputy Chief Jim Dudley told the Police Commission. He said further investigation revealed the calibration gas had expired in…

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