A Vancouver law firm says it wants to test the accuracy of breathalyzers used in B.C. police stations by conducting experiments on the same model of machine, which they recently bought and imported from the States.
Defence lawyers with Acumen Law brought 150 such devices across the border over the weekend. Originally from Illinois, the Intox ECIR models were marked as surplus and sold by a third party. Now the firm intends to examine them for potential flaws.
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“Our goal is to test them to determine what interfering substances can cause false readings,” said lawyer Kyla Lee. “In particular, we’re concerned about people who work in professions where they’re around a lot of chemicals.”
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