Conveyance Trial Checklist

Preparations

☐ Trial notice of police officers and civilian witnesses

Service of notices

☐ certificate of qualified technician

☐ alcohol standard certificate

☐ Certificate of approved instrument and/or certificate of blood analysis

☐ Certificate of drawing blood

Investigator / Technician

☐ background (peace officer, duration of employment, training and experience investigating impaired trial)

☐ Narrative

☐ Time and place of initial involvement

☐ observation of operation or care/control (e.g. in driver seat, vehicle in operation, speeding, erratic driving, keys in possession)

☐ circumstances of the nitial encounter

☐ description of vehicle, licence plate, presence of other passengers.

☐ evidence of identity.

☐ Procedure

☐ notification for reasons of detention

☐ observations of impairment (e.g. slurred speech, smell of alcohol on breath, unsteady movements, unusual conduct)

☐ determination of screening demand.

☐ articulate conclusions (operation while impaired OR blood-alcohol over 80)

☐ Screening demand

☐ Formation of demand

☐ belief of offence (e.g. operation or care/control, impaired/over 80, alcohol remained for measurement)

☐ observations that form grounds;

☐ demand (wording, timing, and acknowledgment)

☐ training/experience of administering ASD

☐ ASD device and whether it is an "approved screening device"

☐ calibration of device and whether believed to be operating at the time;

☐ any delay to accomodate "last drink" dissipation

☐ blowing into instrument and result;

☐ whether result was communicated to investigator.

☐ Basis for breath demand

☐ suspicion of alcohol in body

☐ suspicion of operation

☐ grounds for belief (observations, hearsay and interpretations/inferences)

☐ Effecting breath demand

☐ time of demand

☐ wording demand

☐ explaining s. 10 rights

☐ response by accused

☐ access to counsel

☐ time of request for counsel

☐ steps to provide counsel

☐ time of departure and arrival at place to access counsel

☐ circumstances of providing private contact with counsel

☐ Breath Sample

☐ circumstances of breath sample procedure (time, place, tech).

☐ explanation of breath tech

☐ description of device to be used (model, testing, belief of qualified device, belief of properly functioning)

☐ circumstances of sample given (time as "soon as practiable", sample "directly" into device)

any explanation about reasons for delay between the demand and the sample.

☐ certificate evidence of the technician being "qualified".

☐ certificate evidence of the device being an approved instrument;

☐ certificate evidence of the alcohol standard solution being suitable.

☐ proof of service of the certificates being personally servied on the accused.

Technician

☐ training to administer sample

☐ designation as a "qualified technician"

☐ identification of person tested;

☐ device used:

☐ make and model;

☐ whether it is and believed to be "approved";

☐ Test

☐ whether system blank test was conducted;

☐ results of the test, and whether they were above 10 mg / 100 ml

☐ whether a system calibration check was performed;

☐ brand and lot number of the alcohol standard;

☐ certificate that the standard was "suitable" for purpose

☐ number and timing of the of samples;

☐ whether accused blew directly into device;

☐ what were the results, including the units of measurement;

☐ certificate produced by the sample;

☐ certificate of the alcohol standard solution;

☐ observations of impairment/intoxication.