Many tribal communities struggle with high rates of alcohol misuse, alcohol-related deaths, and alcohol-fueled offenses like drunk driving and domestic violence. SCRAM Systems alcohol and location monitoring are proven solutions helping tribal communities around the country combat alcohol abuse, support treatment options, and address related crimes.
SCRAM Remote Breath is the first corrections-grade, wireless, portable breath alcohol device with automated facial verification and a GPS location with each test. Programs around the country are using SCRAM Remote Breath to monitor their lower-risk clients and those who have earned less intensive testing.
This week we’re unveiling a new video that provides a high-level explanation of the science of transdermal alcohol monitoring, how SCRAM CAM detects alcohol consumption and tampers, and the advantages to courts and agencies.
While only a little more than half of U.S. households have a landline telephone, over 75% have Internet service. That’s why SCRAM Systems recently added Ethernet capability to the base station used with SCRAM Continuous Alcohol Monitoring and SCRAM House Arrest.
As the UK looks for new ways to combat this problem, the Office of the Northamptonshire Police and Crime Commissioner is launching a sobriety pilot programme using SCRAM Continuous Alcohol Monitoring.
Missing a test—or several—is often the first line of defense for someone who has violated an order not to drink. It seems simple from their perspective because there are so many reasons OTHER than drinking that could cause them to miss a test. Forgot their unit at work. Can’t find it. Didn’t charge it.
2013 was a critical year for the introduction of SCRAM Continuous Alcohol Monitoring technology into the UK. Last year, Alcohol Monitoring Systems, Ltd. experienced the formal adoption of SCRAM CAM by courts and local authorities across the UK.
The concept behind portable breath alcohol testing devices is simple: provide a way for lower-risk clients to take their tests any time, anywhere. However, until now, portable breath testing devices have depended on cellular service for testing and to remind clients when to test. That’s fine, some of the time. But when clients are out of cell range most devices can’t record test results.
Each day, agencies around the country spend thousands of staff hours looking at photos from alcohol breath testing devices. What started as a way to stop alcohol-involved individuals from having a friend take their unsupervised breath test has turned into a huge drain of time and resources for many law enforcement offices.