After some 17 years in the discussion, trial, and training of personnel, breathalyzers were in use in the Dominican Republic over the past weekend.
Media reports indicate that previous attempts at the implementation of the use of these instruments failed for any number of reasons: poor equipment, improperly trained personnel, and violent resistance from the general public as well as legal issues.
Way back in 2007, the Ministry of the Interior and Police had announced the acquisition of some 1,200 breathalyzers and 120,000 disposable mouthpieces as part of a program to check drunk driving. The news articles at the time also noted that the Ministry was acquiring a good supply of pepper-spray as a deterrent against major conflicts between the police and drivers. However, the program never got off the ground.
A few years later, in 2013, the agency called AMET (Metropolitan...
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