From Criminal Law Notebook
- See also: Operation While Impaired by Alcohol or Drug, Over 80, or Concentration Over Limit (Offence)
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- Preparations
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- Trial notice of police officers and civilian witnesses
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- Service of notices:
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- certificate of qualified technician
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- alcohol standard certificate
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- certificate of approved instrument and/or certificate of blood analysis
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- certificate of drawing blood
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- 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 initial 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;
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