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05/03/2010 by admin.
Every local authority is being sent a good practice guide to help them tackle underage drinking.
Policies involving police,trading standards, youth and childrens services have been developed.
Additional funding is also being targeted at youth crime action plan areas to fund police enforcement and detection, with many police forces and councils now being funded for the purchase of instant alcohol detection tests, simple dip tests which can be used to detect alcohol disguised in other liquids on the streets. Alcohol dip tests with IVDD saliva capability can also then test a saliva sample to indicate the actual blood alcohol concentration.
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04/06/2009 by admin.
Click on this link below to read how one police forces in Wales is dealing with the problem of underage drinkers on the streets this summer.
http://www.gwent.police.uk/news.php?a=2146
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01/05/2009 by admin.
About 10 years ago I worked with a man who received a drink driving conviction and was banned from driving for 12 months. He was a professional man and well respected in the local community, and a car was essential for his job.
It was one of those silly things. His teenage daughter had gone out with friends into the local town for the evening, and was coming back with her friends-another parent was supposed to be picking them up. He settled in for the evening with his wife, the TV and had a few of bottles of beer. About 9pm he got a phone call from his daughter-she had a teenage crisis and needed picking up immediately. Both he and his wife had been drinking. he thought he was OK and anyway the roads were quiet, and were mainly country roads into the town.
He set off. He had not reached the town when he was stopped by a police car, who had been following him on the empty country road for some time. Although he was not aware of it, something about his driving alerted the police man. He may have been speeding as he was worried about his daughter (it was winter & dark & cold)-teenagers ! He was not aware the police car was following him until he saw the flashing blue lights-he just thought it was another car in the dark.
The police car pulled him over and he was breathalysed and found to be well over the limit. He had still not retrieved his daughter and had to ring his wife to arrange for a friend to go a pick his daughter up. (valuable lesson here-when your teenagers are out one of you should refrain from drinking that night, in case you have to retrieve them quickly)
He was taken to a police station, and given a blood test which found he was well over the limits and he was prosecuted.
How did losing his license affect his life:
These are inconveniences-imagine the affect on his lfe if he had had an accident or injured or killed someone because of his drink driving
He learned a valuable lesson, and fortunatley no one was injured.
Make sure you THINK before you drink and drive
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12/03/2009 by admin.
Alcohol testing strips are a quick and easy way to test if a fluid contains alcohol.
Designed originally to test saliva for the presence of alcohol, they can also be used to test any fluid for the presence of alcohol.
One particularly good use has been the testing of soft drinks for the presence of alcohol. Police forces across the country have been using alcohol test strips for this purpose now for several years, with excellent results. They can also be used at youth clubs, discos etc.
The alcohol test strips are individually foil wrapped and can easily be carried in a pocket. The strips are very simple & easy to use . Simply dip the alcohol test strip into the liquid that is being tested and a pad on the strip changes colour if alcohol is present.
Click here for more information or to buy alcohol testing strips
Click here to read how one police force has been using alcohol testing strips
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