BCA Orders Immediate Suspension of DataMaster Breath Tests Across Minnesota
Law enforcement agencies are being ordered to immediately suspend use of certain breath testing equipment after faulty data entry was discovered.
The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) is telling law enforcement agencies statewide to verify that information has been entered correctly into the DataMaster breath test machines they’re currently using.
- The BCA has suspended all DataMaster usage until agencies can confirm that the gas cylinder data is accurate in each instrument.
- Human error is possible with the current process, so the BCA is taking over all gas cylinder replacements and maintenance.
- Only BCA personnel will handle these tasks from now on.
This comes after officials found multiple data entry mistakes made by trained operators when installing gas cylinders in the instruments.
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Author's summary: BCA suspends DataMaster breath tests due to errors.