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Criminal

Mar. 7, 2012

SF DUI cases called into question in probe of breathalyzers

San Francisco's district attorney and public defender on Monday announced a joint investigation into the San Francisco Police Department's use of field breathalyzers that had not been tested properly for accuracy.


By Henry Meier


Daily Journal Staff Writer


San Francisco's district attorney and public defender on Monday announced a joint investigation into the San Francisco Police Department's use of preliminary alcohol screening devices - commonly known as field breathalyzers - that had not been tested properly for accuracy.


According to documents first noticed by deputy public defenders, records show that since at least 2006, logs of accu...

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