{"id":961,"date":"2016-08-11T00:02:38","date_gmt":"2016-08-10T21:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/?p=961"},"modified":"2017-11-11T00:09:18","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T21:09:18","slug":"michigan-state-police-to-conduct-roadside-drug-tests-in-pilot-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/michigan-state-police-to-conduct-roadside-drug-tests-in-pilot-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan State Police to Conduct Roadside Drug Tests In Pilot Program"},"content":{"rendered":"

A one-year pilot program set up in five counties will allow Michigan State Police to conduct roadside drug tests.<\/span><\/p>\n

First Lt. Michael Shaw says if a driver is pulled over for a traffic offense and shows signs of being under the influence of drugs \u2013specially trained \u201cdrug recognition experts\u201d will conduct traditional field sobriety tests.<\/span><\/p>\n

Next, the officers will use a saliva-based testing to check drivers to see if they\u2019ve smoked marijuana or used heroin or cocaine.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Were seeing throughout the state of Michigan there\u2019s an increase in both drugged driving and drugged driving fatalities,\u201d Shaw told WWJ Newsradio 950\u2019s Zahra Huber.<\/span><\/p>\n

The program was approved in legislation passed in Lansing as statistics show the total number of traffic crashes involving drugs has reached a decade-high in Michigan.<\/span><\/p>\n

Police statistics show the total number of traffic crashes involving drugs has reached a decade-high in Michigan.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>So what this bill does is allows us to have another step in field sobriety process, or the probable cause process, to arrest some of these drugged drivers.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Shaw said troopers will not be pulling people over indiscriminately.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Some of the concerns were we were going to just start randomly testing people, and that\u2019s not the case,\u201d he said. \u201cThere\u2019s still going to be probable cause for a traffic stop \u2014 just like it was\u2026. This is just an added component to the probable cause portion of it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The program is expected to begin later this year.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Shaw said police have not yet decided on the five participating counties.<\/p>\n

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