With over 56% of Americans planning to celebrate this year, it is no surprise that St. Patrick’s Day has become the fourth most popular drinking day of the year—but SCRAM CAM programs are helping clients enjoy a safe and sober holiday.
As part of our annual Drinking & DUIs during the Holidays campaign, we have updated our Sober Days for the Holidays Resource Center with a wealth of tools to help alcohol programs get the word out about the impact of DUIs and binge drinking during this celebratory season.
The Burleigh County Sheriff’s Department, located in North Dakota, incorporated SCRAM Continuous Alcohol Monitoring (SCRAM CAM) into its 24/7 Sobriety Program several years ago. Individuals charged with, or convicted of, a second or higher drunk driving or alcohol-related offense must undergo alcohol monitoring.
The Hamilton County Corrections Department in Tennessee added SCRAM Continuous Alcohol Monitoring (SCRAM CAM) to their pretrial and probation program to counter alcohol-related crimes like drunk driving and domestic assault. The goal of the program is to deter re-offense while clients are being supervised.
As part of our annual Sober Days for the Holidays awareness campaign, SCRAM Systems is drawing attention to the unique dangers of alcohol misuse and abuse on Halloween with a new infographic: The Scary Truth About Halloween and Drinking.
Last year SCRAM Systems unveiled a video that explains how our flagship technology, SCRAM Continuous Alcohol Monitoring, works. But the science and technology behind 24/7 alcohol monitoring is only half of the story.
Two states are considering bills to address drunk driving and other alcohol-involved offenses by making it easier for courts and law enforcement agencies to require individuals to wear Continuous Alcohol Monitoring bracelets.
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.