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I brought up this issue in my EMT-b class. My instructor had 20+ experience so I did not question him.
I dropped the issue in class, waste of class time, but this would make a good forum discussion.
With NYS (at least), for DWI Enforcement, LEOs are not to write "odor of alcohol" since alcohol has no odor. LEOs are trained to write "odor of alcoholic beverage" since it is the other stuff put it that gives it the smell.
EMTs apparantly will write odor of alcohol.
LEOs dont because a lawyer would trip them up and have them read a websters entry of alcohol being tasteless and odorless.
Has anyone come across or have thoughts on this issue?
I dropped the issue in class, waste of class time, but this would make a good forum discussion.
With NYS (at least), for DWI Enforcement, LEOs are not to write "odor of alcohol" since alcohol has no odor. LEOs are trained to write "odor of alcoholic beverage" since it is the other stuff put it that gives it the smell.
EMTs apparantly will write odor of alcohol.
LEOs dont because a lawyer would trip them up and have them read a websters entry of alcohol being tasteless and odorless.
Has anyone come across or have thoughts on this issue?