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AURORA — The Aurora Police Department has received four hand held alcohol breath testing units through a traffic safety grant award from the Nebraska Department of Transportation, Highway Safety Office(NDOT-HSO).
The departments receiving this grant are all part of a statewide initiative to decrease the number of roadway crashes, fatalities and injuries,” stated Ryley Egger, Administrator for the NDOT Highway Safety Office.
The units valued at $345.00 each, are used to test the amount of alcohol in a driver’s breath. The portable units display a digital reading of the blood alcohol level from a suspect’s breath sample. These results along with field sobriety testing are used to establish probable cause that a driver is operating a vehicle while impaired.
According to Egger, “This is a quick test that can be performed in the field at the beginning of each investigation. In every state in this country, drunk driving is illegal. It’s also incredibly deadly, and a risk we don’t want to see people take. Driving under the influence of any substance will land you a DUI.”
