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• December 08, 2011
  Kent and Ionia County Courts Crack Down on DUIs

  24/7 Monitoring Targets Hardcore Drunk Drivers During Holidays and Beyond

  Kent and Ionia counties are aggressively cracking down on the area’s Hardcore Drunk Drivers by requiring sobriety through the use of Continuous Alcohol Monitoring (CAM) bracelets. The technology is expected to increase compliance for the area’s highest-risk drunk drivers and reduce the risk to other drivers on the road.

• November 29, 2011
  Alcohol Monitoring Systems Files Appeal With Federal Circuit Court in Patent Suit

  Appeal challenges legal errors in trial court’s order

  Denver-based Alcohol Monitoring Systems, Inc. has filed a second appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C., in its long-standing patent infringement suit against Tampa-based Actsoft, Inc.

• November 22, 2011
  Boozing It Up for the Holidays: Data shows holiday stress means 27% more drinking

  Newly released data that looks at the drinking patterns of more than 200,000 criminal offenders monitored 24/7 for alcohol consumption shows that even when Big Brother is watching, drinking increases nearly 27% between Thanksgiving and January 2nd.

• October 26, 2011
  Calif. Study Shows 24/7 Alcohol Bracelets Curb Future DUIs

  Alcohol sensing anklets driving down costs, recidivism

  A newly released study of DUI offender data in Riverside County shows that Hard Core Drunk Drivers (HCDDs) who were monitored with 24/7 alcohol bracelets saw a re-arrest rate of nearly one-half the state average for repeat DUI offenders.

• October 04, 2011
  Are Alcohol Anklets the New Ignition Interlock? Sanctions targeting repeat offenders shifting focus from cars to sobriety.

  When “Laura’s Law” was signed by Governor Bev Perdue in June, North Carolina became the 8th state in the last year to pass progressive DUI legislation that is substantially shifting the focus of DUI laws from penalizing cars to required—and enforced—sobriety for the most dangerous drivers on the road.