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Hundreds of people in SF could get DUI do-over
March 07, 2012
March 07, 2012
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(CBS News) Hundreds of drunk-driving convictions in San Francisco could be tossed out as a result of potentially incorrect breathalyzer test results.
Police in San Francisco are now being accused of gathering as many as 1,000 potentially faulty blood alcohol readings over a span of 10 years because they did not properly maintain and calibrate their 20 breath analyzer machines, commonly known as breathalyzers.
Jeff Adachi, a San Francisco public defender, told CBS News, "What we learned is that the police department was not testing these devices for accuracy. ... They're supposed to test these devices every 10 days and
Police in San Francisco are now being accused of gathering as many as 1,000 potentially faulty blood alcohol readings over a span of 10 years because they did not properly maintain and calibrate their 20 breath analyzer machines, commonly known as breathalyzers.
Jeff Adachi, a San Francisco public defender, told CBS News, "What we learned is that the police department was not testing these devices for accuracy. ... They're supposed to test these devices every 10 days and
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