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 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;