The Ventura County Sheriff’s department will remove 125 breathalizer machines from service after getting faulty readings on several devices. According to authorities, they will also be reexamining some previous convictions.
Faulty readings started appearing in January and happened again in several other devices until they were pulled last week. Apparently, the readings were inconsistent and weren’t matching up to previous readings. The device in question is the Alco-Sensor V breathalyzer. Because of this, they will reinstate the Alco-Sensor IV in its place.
We have yet to know the impact and how many arrestees were affected by inaccurate readings of these breathalyzer machines, but reassessment of previous DUI arrests are imminent.
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