206 Flawed DUI tests in Colorado Springs Lab
After months of trying to address an error in DUI lab results, the Colorado Springs Police Department has issued its findings. The Colorado Springs Metro Crime Lab retested 7,829 samples dating as far back as 2006. Of the retested samples the lab reported that there were 206 errors. 4th Judicial District Attorney Dan May said that 9 of the errors resulted in DUI cases being either dismissed or the penalties being lowered. Of those same 9 cases, 5 of those defendants spent time in jail.
Ian Fitch, the chief lab supervisor of the Colorado Springs Metro Crime lab, says that errors involving the concentration level of the solvent n-Propanol are at the root of the problem. In December of 2009 when the errors were first reported, the lab stated that they would do a full investigation into what caused the flawed results. They believed that the machines were functioning properly but that human error was to blame. At that time there were only 82 flawed DUI test results.
To read more on this story check out the article located in the Colorado Springs Gazette
http://www.gazette.com/articles/report-97354-police-discuss.html
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