Monday, January 02, 2006
DUI Tampa - Alcohol Monitors
South Florida judges use anklets to keep tabs on problem drinkers - : "An anklet that detects alcohol consumption 24 hours a day.
It has only been used a handful of times involving drunken-driving and domestic-violence cases since this summer, but the monitoring system shows promise. It can help provide greater scrutiny than random alcohol testing, advocates say. 'I've been pretty pleased about it,' said Palm Beach County Circuit Court Judge Charles Burton, who hears misdemeanor criminal cases such as DUI and domestic battery and has used the monitor in about half a dozen cases. Some judges say the monitoring system -- which tests a person's perspiration for signs of alcohol -- provides another tool for controlling defendants with alcohol problems. Judges routinely order drunken-driving defendants not to use alcohol, which can be difficult to enforce."
It has only been used a handful of times involving drunken-driving and domestic-violence cases since this summer, but the monitoring system shows promise. It can help provide greater scrutiny than random alcohol testing, advocates say. 'I've been pretty pleased about it,' said Palm Beach County Circuit Court Judge Charles Burton, who hears misdemeanor criminal cases such as DUI and domestic battery and has used the monitor in about half a dozen cases. Some judges say the monitoring system -- which tests a person's perspiration for signs of alcohol -- provides another tool for controlling defendants with alcohol problems. Judges routinely order drunken-driving defendants not to use alcohol, which can be difficult to enforce."
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