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https://www.facebook.com/policethepoliceACP/videos/ [login to see] 427053/
As "easy" as it is to get locked up from questionable charges, how can federal agencies not mandate how one item is used to put you behind bars, and can not only ruin your life, but could get you one long stretch in the Bing? This is truly a dangerous thing, and could happen to any of us if plain oxygen can set off a false positive.
As "easy" as it is to get locked up from questionable charges, how can federal agencies not mandate how one item is used to put you behind bars, and can not only ruin your life, but could get you one long stretch in the Bing? This is truly a dangerous thing, and could happen to any of us if plain oxygen can set off a false positive.
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You can always refuse to take the field test and instead opt to take the blood test. Granted you get arrested on the spot, but the blood test is far more accurate if you are worried about the field test.
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Capt Gregory Prickett
That's not always an option. In Texas, the test offered is dependent on what the officer wants to offer. In other words, if the officer offers a breath test and you refuse, requesting a blood test, it counts as a refusal, your license is suspended, and the officer does not have to offer a blood test.
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I will state that the company testing the kit did an injustice on how they showed the testing of the products in the containers. The kits have three viles in them and if you test the item as trained, it will give you the correct color. If not a live agent after breaking all three viles it will not leave you with an active ingredient color. Anyone can stand in front of machines a by a lab coat and say this or that is scientifically wrong. IF you do that show the test in proper sequence and time. The field kits are just that and are not the probable cause to arrest upon. There is this thing we whom have done serious narcotics investigation call the totality of the circumstances in conjunction with our knowledge, training and experience to make an arrest.
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SSG Warren Swan
How can it be an injustice when there are other videos showing how they are used? At least this wasn't some "fly-by-night" joker who has an axe to grind with cops. This is one of the most recognized labs out there (even used by cops). With it becoming more and more prevalent that some bad cops will go the extra mile to make erroneous arrests and lie to gain convictions, shouldn't the public be informed on something that is liable to get the booking process started? One bad cop can end the life of a productive citizen and it doesn't have to be by using a firearm. Once your name makes in into the system, for many, your day job has ended, even if it turns out it was a mistake, or bad judgement by the police. This is made worse if you have a clearance, you may as well hang that up being the burden is on you even with all the paperwork in the world to show you did nothing wrong.
IF we want to be a more informed nation, sometimes being more informed means taking the good with the bad, and maybe it'll get a conversation going. This is definitely something that should spark a conversation when the company(s) that make this won't acknowledge there is a serious flaw in the design. Regular air can get you locked up? The procedure looks fine and extremely simple, but the equipment used when used by a large majority of police should have virtually no flaws. This is akin to using an uncalibrated radar and writing speeding tickets.
IF we want to be a more informed nation, sometimes being more informed means taking the good with the bad, and maybe it'll get a conversation going. This is definitely something that should spark a conversation when the company(s) that make this won't acknowledge there is a serious flaw in the design. Regular air can get you locked up? The procedure looks fine and extremely simple, but the equipment used when used by a large majority of police should have virtually no flaws. This is akin to using an uncalibrated radar and writing speeding tickets.
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I have never used them and well after this I don't know why a police department would waist its money on them.
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SSG Warren Swan
I never used them during my time either, but like I said above, it's not the procedure that is wrong or questionable, its the device used. I wouldn't write tickets for speeding (dating myself here) with an uncalibrated Falcon radar, knowing the ticket would be blown out the door if I couldn't provide paperwork stating that it was calibrated within a certain amount of time. I used tuning forks every time it went out with me. But as the MP, I wouldn't want anything that could lead anyone to question how I do business (even though it's gonna happen anyways).
I enjoyed working the road, and to some, being a Blue Falcon was a daily thing (if I was writing you up), but I wouldn't want to hem or end a career over a piece of $5.00 pouches that would begin a chain of events that an otherwise good Soldier has just lost before it began.
I enjoyed working the road, and to some, being a Blue Falcon was a daily thing (if I was writing you up), but I wouldn't want to hem or end a career over a piece of $5.00 pouches that would begin a chain of events that an otherwise good Soldier has just lost before it began.
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