Carroll, Carroll County, Iowa. A commercial vehicle driver’s driving privileges were spared and the Operating While Intoxicated accusation was dismissed outright after it was discovered that the preliminary breath test (PBT) log did not comply with Iowa requirements. A preliminary breath test device is the breath test that law enforcement requests out on the road, […]
Thousands of people each year are subjected to preliminary breath tests (PBTs) by Iowa law enforcement officers in an effort to determine their alcohol concentration as part of criminal investigations. One of the most frequent situations in which PBT’s are used are to determine if a person should be arrested for operating while intoxicated or […]
Fort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa. GRL Law’s investigation revealed that the arresting officer failed to keep his Preliminary Breath Test (PBT) devise properly calibrated and documented as required by Iowa law. The officer based his request for a breath sample at the station upon the PBT test result. Failure to comply with the calibration, documentation […]
