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The Problem with Mouth Alcohol and Florida’s Intoxilyzer 8000

Why is Edward Owens, the former Agency Inspector for the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, blowing twice the legal limit during his monthly inspection of the Intoxilyzer 8000? Either he was intoxicated when doing the inspection, or the instrument can’t detect the presence of a tiny amount of mouth alcohol. How many other sober people blow […]

Written by Jason Miller on November 28, 2012

Florida’s Missing COBRA Data for the Intoxilyzer 8000

Did CMI recently start uploading a new software version on Intoxilyzer 8000 instruments in Florida? The new software version is still being called 8100.27 (often called “Version 27”), but this new software has started causing a big glitch. The glitch makes the COBRA data disappear in monthly inspections and for certain test subject electronic data. […]

Written by Jason Miller on November 28, 2012

Volume Not Met “Refusal” on Florida’s Intoxilyzer 8000

James G. Wigmore, the author of Wigmore on Alcohol: Courtroom Alcohol Toxicology for the Medicolegal Professional, has an interesting blog with articles on a host of issues related to DUI breath testing. His most recent blog post discusses the relevancy of forced vital capacity on the ability to provide a breath sample. Click here to read […]

Written by Jason Miller on July 9, 2012

Remember the Intoxilyzer 8000 Study in Which FDLE Employees Were Paid to Get Drunk?

The “independent” scientific study on the Intoxilyzer 8000 conducted at the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) in October of 2011 reads like a script from that TV show “Reno 911!” that ran on Comedy Central. Why did FDLE throw together this bizarre “scientific” study that involved 3 days of planning? The study involved buying […]

Written by Jason Miller on June 2, 2012

Flow Sensor Intoxilyzer 8000 Problems – Laura Barfield Explains…

Update: April 2, 2013: Ding Dong. Laura Barfield is gone… from FDLE’s alcohol breath testing program. Something about she resigned or was fired or “FDLE is moving in a new direction.” Make a comment if you know why. Update: April 6, 2013: Looks like the official reason she is leaving can be found in FDLE’s […]

Written by Jason Miller on January 13, 2012

Flow Sensor Calibrations: Why the Intoxilyzer 8000 Used for Florida DUI Breath Tests is Unreliable

Matthew Malhiot recently published an informative article discussing the Intoxilyzer® 8000: Flow Sensor Problems in Florida. The article describes how Florida never bothered to develop any procedure for testing whether the Intoxilyzer 8000 instruments could accurately measure the amount of air blow into the machine. As a result, the instrument may have produced unreliable breath […]

Written by Jason Miller on October 31, 2011

Florida’s DUI Refusals: FDLE Covers Up Faulty Intoxilyzer 8000 Breathalyzers

[brightcove vid=1211602848001&exp3=35214809001&surl=http://c.brightcove.com/services&pubid=35087134001&pk=AQ~~,AAAACCtbLTE~,Euz3dgEqY7FO41McJges-UDcgJmMTpjJ&lbu=http://www.wtsp.com/video/default.aspx?bctid=1211602848001&w=300&h=225] What happens when you attempt to submit to the DUI breath test in Florida and the breath test operator tells you that you were not breathing hard enough? The arresting officer will count that as a “refusal.” The allegation that you refused to take the breath test carries with it additional penalties including […]

Written by Jason Miller on October 15, 2011

Florida’s Intoxilyzer 8000: Problems with Flow Calibrations Surface Statewide

Judges throughout Florida are beginning to hear evidence about big problems with the way the Intoxilyzer 8000 attempts to calculate breath flow (which is one factor used to estimate whether a sufficient sample of 1.1 liters of breath is provided). If the machine is calculating flow incorrectly then all the other readings produced by the […]

Written by Jason Miller on October 15, 2011

Florida’s Intoxilyzer 8000: Why FDLE Departmental Inspector, Maggie Geddings, Used Cell Phones to Manipulate the Inspection Reports

Just when you think it could not get worse for Laura Barfield, Florida’s Alcohol Testing Program and FDLE’s Departmental Inspectors, you come across a transcript from a courageous prosecutor with the State Attorney’s Office in Okaloosa County, Florida. At least one employee of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) has used a cell phone […]

Written by Jason Miller on July 30, 2011

CMI Lost the Source Code on the Intoxilyzer 8000 – Now What?

Some how the media has yet to catch on to this new development that may impact how DUI cases through the United States are prosecuted for years to come. CMI lost the source code for the “Intoxilyzer 8000” on the conforming products list. Only one version of the “Intoxilyzer 8000” is listed on the conforming […]

Written by Jason Miller on July 26, 2011