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dixiegrrrrl

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7. When breathalysers were first being widely used for alcohol

Thu Jul 28, 2016, 08:38 PM

Jul 2016

many a clever lawyer got clients off by asking to see the police dept's calibration reports of the breathalysers.

Turns out, the machines had to be re calibrated or at least tested every few months to make sure they were working accurately.
And they usually had not been checked as required.

I am wondering how 2 roadside machines turned doughnut flakes into cocaine.
Sounds like a lucrative racket.

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