WSP lab explains DUI goofs

WSP lab explains DUI goofs
This article originally published by at The Seattle Times .

The State Patrol, which has come under fire for problems with evidence handling at the state toxicology lab, is contacting 130 people who received drunken-driving citations that were based on faulty breath tests, lab Manager Kevin Jones said Thursday.

Jones said the letters were being sent as part of the lab's efforts to improve its handling of evidence and breath-test analysis in the wake of three critical audits and a scathing ruling last month by a panel of King County judges that called for the suppression of the tests used to gauge level of intoxication.

The letters explain the errors and how they occurred, and recommends that recipients contact their attorney.

Some of those who are being sent letters already may have served a sentence or received license suspensions, said Bob Calkins, State Patrol spokesman. Eight letters already have been mailed. ...

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