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  • April 04, 2012
    Kootenai County Working to Stop Revolving Door of Drunk Drivers

    County probation targets hardcore drunk drivers by requiring, monitoring for long-term sobriety

    Kootenai County Probation officials are tightening down on the area’s repeat, highest-risk drunk drivers with an intensive supervision program. The goal, according to officials, is to address the root cause of the problem, which is alcohol dependence, and transition people out of the revolving door of the county jail.

  • March 12, 2012
    Beware the Saturday St. Patrick’s Day

    Law enforcement, alcohol monitors work overtime, drinking violations double when holiday is on a weekend

    Newly released data on offenders monitored 24/7 for alcohol consumption shows that when St. Patrick’s Day falls on a Saturday, drinking violations increase 25% over the average for the rest of the year—and that’s for offenders who know they’re being monitored and whose consequences are often time in jail.

  • December 08, 2011
    Kent and Ionia County Courts Crack Down on DUIs

    24/7 Monitoring Targets Hardcore Drunk Drivers During Holidays and Beyond

    Kent and Ionia counties are aggressively cracking down on the area’s Hardcore Drunk Drivers by requiring sobriety through the use of Continuous Alcohol Monitoring (CAM) bracelets. The technology is expected to increase compliance for the area’s highest-risk drunk drivers and reduce the risk to other drivers on the road.

  • November 29, 2011
    Alcohol Monitoring Systems Files Appeal With Federal Circuit Court in Patent Suit

    Appeal challenges legal errors in trial court’s order

    Denver-based Alcohol Monitoring Systems, Inc. has filed a second appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C., in its long-standing patent infringement suit against Tampa-based Actsoft, Inc.

  • November 22, 2011
    Boozing It Up for the Holidays: Data shows holiday stress means 27% more drinking

    Newly released data that looks at the drinking patterns of more than 200,000 criminal offenders monitored 24/7 for alcohol consumption shows that even when Big Brother is watching, drinking increases nearly 27% between Thanksgiving and January 2nd.