LMPS moves to calm breathalyser storm

MASERU-The Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS) has moved to calm growing public unease over the hygiene and credibility of breathalyser tests used in drunk-driving arrests, firmly rejecting claims that motorists are made to blow into the same unclean device. The police response follows public allegations by Transformation Resource Centre (TRC) Executive Director, Tsikoane Peshoane, who suggested that officers routinely use one breathalyser on several motorists without changing any components, raising fears about both health risks and the reliability of the results.…Continue reading with a subscriptionSubscribe for full access to every story.Subscribe - M85/monthAlready a subscriber? Sign in Advertisement ...